title: Improving the nursing handover report.
abstract: The nursing handover report is a vital method of passing on essential information to nurses on the next shift. Nursing handover reports traditionally take place in private; they can become lengthy, irrelevant or unprofessional. Alternative methods of handover, such as bedside reporting, or tape-recording or writing reports, can help refine the process and make it more relevant to practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: McKenna
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D013637:Tape Recording