Background Numerous reviews of nursing handover have been undertaken, but none have
focused on the patients' role. Objectives To explore how patient participation in nursing shift …

Aims and objectives This article reviews the available literature that supports implementing
bedside clinical handover in nursing clinical practice and then seeks to identify key issues if …

Multiple institutions identify communication and shift-to-shift handoffs as a source of clinical
errors. Conducting handoffs at the bedside has been proposed as a potential solution to …

Aim and objectives: to understand the purpose, impact and experience of nurse handover
from patient and staff perspectives. Background: poor communication is increasingly …

Aims To synthesize outcomes from research on handoffs to guide future computerization of
the process on medical and surgical units. Background Handoffs can create important …

Aims To increase the quality and safety of patient care, many hospitals have mandated that
nursing clinical handover occur at the patient's bedside. This study aims to improve the …

BACKGROUND: Patient participation in handover is one aspect of patient-centred care,
where patients are considered partners in care. Understanding the patient perspective …

Bedside shift reports are viewed as an opportunity to reduce errors and important to ensure
communication between nurses and communication. Models of bedside report incorporating …

Handoff of patient information during shift report between nurses is a time of risk and liability.
A quality improvement project was conducted on a 23-bed inpatient unit to measure the …

Background The analysis of nursing errors in clinical management highlighted that clinical
handover plays a pivotal role in patient safety. Changes to handover including conducting …