title: Evaluating nursing handover: the REED model.
abstract: This article describes the REED (record, evidence, enquire, discuss) model of handover. The authors reflect on the history of nursing handover, and discuss the different types of handover and the need for standardisation. The article provides a step-by-step approach to the implementation of a new model of nursing handover on an acute ward.
authors.affiliation: King's Fund, London.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D062209:Patient Handoff