Article
Nursing
Patrick Lavoie, Christina Clausen, Margaret Purden, Jessica Emed, Valerie Frunchak, Sean P. Clarke
Summary: This study explores nurses' experience and management of contextual factors affecting nurse-to-nurse handoff, finding a core theme of 'sharing accountability for knowing and safeguarding the patient'. Nurses engage in actions to ensure continuity and seamless care during handoff, navigating through various challenges and adjusting to contextual conditions shaping the handoff process.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2021)
Article
Emergency Medicine
Alexandra Cheetham, Mary Frey, Nusrat Harun, Benjamin Kerrey, Lauren Riney
Summary: This study describes the duration, completeness, and communication patterns of patient handoffs from EMS to pediatric ED clinicians. The findings indicate that these handoffs take longer than recommended and often lack important patient information. Communication challenges between EMS clinicians and the ED hinder organized, efficient, and complete handoff. This study highlights the importance of standardizing EMS handoff and providing education to ED clinicians on communication strategies.
JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Paulo Cruchinho, Gisela Teixeira, Pedro Lucas, Filomena Gaspar
Summary: Nursing Bedside Handover (NBH) is a nursing practice implemented at the patient's bedside to improve communication safety during shift change. However, inconsistent application among nurses poses a challenge. This synthesis of qualitative evidence aims to review and synthesize nurses' perceptions and experiences regarding factors influencing NBH practice.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Management
Francisco Paredes-Garza, Esther Lazaro, Natalia Vazquez
Summary: This study aims to determine the influence of critical care unit infrastructure on the perception of professionals using nursing bedside handover. The study found that nursing bedside handover improves safe communication and patient participation. Conducting handover in closed boxes increases confidentiality and improves intimacy. The timing and location of handover can impact patient rest and safety.
JOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Georgia Tobiano, Andrea P. Marshall, Therese Gardiner, Kim Jenkinson, Margaret Shapiro, Michael Ireland
Summary: This study aimed to develop and evaluate a survey to measure patient perceptions of participation in bedside handover. The findings showed that nurse facilitating behaviors are crucial for patient participation and perceived handover outcomes, highlighting the importance of nursing training.
HEALTH EXPECTATIONS
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Leonie Gerhard, Florian Buerger
Summary: This study found that the motivation for nurses to change handover practices is to reduce errors, have a more accurate understanding of patients, and provide valuable patient contact. The change in handover structure is accompanied by changes in ward culture and requires strong communication skills to overcome challenges. Bedside handovers have a positive influence on patient-centered care.
Article
Nursing
Guoyong Yang, Xianxian Zang, Caiyun Li, Ping Bai
Summary: The study found that structured and relayed forms for bedside handovers improved the frequency of appropriate handover elements, but had no impact on adverse events and postoperative hospital stay.
APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Maryann Street, Jenny Dempster, Debra Berry, Erika Gray, Joanne Mapes, Raj Liskaser, Sia Papageorgiou, Julie Considine
Summary: The study found that patient participation in nursing handover was low and influenced by various factors, including patient and nurse preferences. Patients were able to actively participate in handover when they understood the purpose and timing of handover, and had rapport with nurses.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2022)
Review
Nursing
Kathryn J. Vanderzwan, Susan Kilroy, Amy Daniels, Jennifer O'Rourke
Summary: This integrative review explored nurses' perceptions of distractors and interruptions during handoff. The findings revealed that interruptions and distractions were seen as limitations to the quality and efficiency of handoff, with patients, family members, and environmental factors being the most common sources. Recommendations included implementing an organized and standardized approach to handoff, and the need for further research to identify evidence-based strategies.
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Margaret Njambi, Helen Rawson, Bernice Redley
Summary: This study explored the feasibility and acceptability of introducing a tool to standardize communication processes between anesthetists and postanesthesia nurses during patient handoff. Observations and interviews were conducted pre- and post-intervention, showing significant improvement in nurses' performance of patient safety behaviors but nonsignificant trends in interdisciplinary communication behaviors.
NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Linguistics
Maria R. Dahm, Diana Slade, Bernadette Brady, Liza Goncharov, Laura Chien
Summary: This study examined the communication features between nurses and patients during bedside handovers and found that incoming nurses were more approachable and encouraged patient participation, while outgoing nurses hindered patient involvement. Native English speaking patients and carers were more involved in the handover process.
ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ellen Van de Velde, Ann Van Hecke, Kristof Eeckloo, Simon Malfait
Summary: This study investigates the suitability of experience-based co-design as a method for designing bedside handover in mental health care, and finds that it is a suitable method for enhancing patient involvement in nursing handovers in a general hospital's mental healthcare unit.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Nursing
Natalie Williams, Georgia Griffin, Megan Wall, Stuart Watson, Jane Warland, Zoe Bradfield
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate gynaecological patients' preferences and satisfaction regarding information provision and explore enablers and barriers to information access. Health professionals were found to be the most common and preferred sources of gynaecological health information. Positive communication strategies, prior knowledge, and individual research were identified as enablers to information provision, while poor communication and inadequate information provision were identified as barriers to information access. Only 24.2% of women preferred the internet as an information source.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2023)
Article
Management
Jiali Zhou, Fen Zhang, Hansong Wang, Yong Yin, Qian Wang, Lihua Yang, Bin Dong, Jiajun Yuan, Shijian Liu, Liebin Zhao, Wenyi Luo
Summary: The study found that implementing a standardized e-handover system can effectively improve the quality of nurse handover and work efficiency, and promote teamwork. The frequency of omission of key handover elements significantly decreased, and the integrity of key information improved, with an information accuracy rate of 100%. In addition, the workflow was optimized, work efficiency increased, and nurse satisfaction with handover improved.
JOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Michael Tringale, Genia Stephen, Anne-Marie Boylan, Carl Heneghan
Summary: This study aims to identify how healthcare professionals integrate patient values and preferences in primary care for adults with non-communicable diseases. Through a systematic review and thematic analysis, the study found that healthcare professionals incorporate patient values and preferences by showing concern, demonstrating competence, communicating as partners, and tailoring overall care.
