title: Bedside handover enhances completion of nursing care and documentation.
abstract: Bedside handover has been proposed as a patient-focused nursing practice model with the potential to reduce adverse events and improve standards of care. This pre-/postintervention study examined changes in completion of nursing care tasks and documentation after the implementation of bedside handover. Analysis of 754 cases revealed significant improvements in several nursing care tasks and documentation, whereas there was no variation in handover duration. Implementing bedside handover may enhance nursing care for hospitalized patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Victoria University, St Albans 3021, Victoria, Australia. debb.kerr@vu.edu.au
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Sai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McKinlay
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D062209:Patient Handoff / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*