Bedside handover: quality improvement strategy to "transform care at the bedside"

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Chaboyer, Wendy
McMurray, Anne
Johnson, Joanne
Hardy, Linda
Wallis, Marianne
Chu, Fang Ying Sylvia
Year published
2009
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This quality improvement project implemented bedside handover in nursing. Using Lewin's 3-Step Model for Change, 3 wards in an Australian hospital changed from verbal reporting in an isolated room to bedside handover. Practice guidelines and a competency standard were developed. The change was received positively by both staff and patients. Staff members reported that bedside handover improved safety, efficiency, teamwork, and the level of support from senior staff members.This quality improvement project implemented bedside handover in nursing. Using Lewin's 3-Step Model for Change, 3 wards in an Australian hospital changed from verbal reporting in an isolated room to bedside handover. Practice guidelines and a competency standard were developed. The change was received positively by both staff and patients. Staff members reported that bedside handover improved safety, efficiency, teamwork, and the level of support from senior staff members.
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Journal Title
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Volume
24
Issue
2
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© 2009 LWW. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Journal of Nursing Care Quality [Volume, Issue, Page numbers]. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Nursing
Acute care