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Communication at the bedside to enhance patient care : a survey of nurses’ experience and perspective of handover Street, Maryann, Eustace, Paula, Livingston, Patricia M., Craike, Melinda J., Kent, Bridie and Patterson, Denise 2011, Communication at the bedside to enhance patient care : a survey of nurses’ experience and perspective of handover, International journal of nursing practice, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 133-140. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Communication at the bedside to enhance patient care : a survey of nurses’ experience and perspective of handover Author(s) Street, Maryann Eustace, Paula Livingston, Patricia M. Craike, Melinda J. Kent, Bridie Patterson, Denise Journal name International journal of nursing practice Volume number 17 Issue number 2 Start page 133 End page 140 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Place of publication Richmond, Vic. Publication date 2011-04 ISSN 1322-7114 1440-172X Keyword(s) clinical handover communication continuity of patient care nursing patient safety Summary Strategies to support continuity of care and improve patient safety during clinical handover have been developed. The aims of this study were to identify the strengths and limitations in current practice of nursing clinical handover and implement a new bedside handover process. A total of 259 nurses completed a cross-sectional survey at change of shift on 1 day, which was followed by an audit of the pilot implementation of bedside handover. The survey results showed great variation in the duration, location and method of handover with significant differences in the experience of nurses employed part-time compared with full-time. Following implementation of standardized bedside handover on two wards, the audit revealed significant improvement in the involvement of patients, use of Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation, active patient checks and checking of documentation. These findings suggest the use of standardized protocols and communication tools for bedside handover improve continuity of patient care Notes Article first published online 24 March 2011 Language eng Field of Research 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920210 Nursing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30033752 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Nursing and Midwifery Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 05 Apr 2011, 11:21:41 EST Fri, 15 Apr 2011, 12:43:37 EST Tue, 19 Apr 2011, 15:38:42 EST Tue, 19 Apr 2011, 15:40:08 EST Tue, 19 Apr 2011, 15:53:36 EST Tue, 19 Apr 2011, 16:12:09 EST Tue, 04 Jun 2013, 13:04:10 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 16:40:11 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 10 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 389 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 05 Apr 2011, 11:21:37 EST by Jane Moschetti

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