Bedside handovers in clinical nursing are crucial communicative events fostering
involvement of patients in their care. Communication challenges between nurses and …

This paper applies qualitative discourse analysis to'shift-change handovers', events in which
nurses hand over care for their patients to their colleagues. To improve patient safety …

This case aims to provide guidance on the necessary procedures for applying ethnographic
discourse analysis in translational research to assist nurse practitioners in promoting …

Aims To increase the quality and safety of patient care, many hospitals have mandated that
nursing clinical handover occur at the patient's bedside. This study aims to improve the …

Background: This study aimed to examine the effects of communication training on nurses'
ability to conduct bedside handovers in hospital. Method: Of the 26 participating nurses, 13 …

Handovers are major clinical tasks in nursing practice involving the transfer of responsibility
and accountability for patient care from one nurse to another. As English-medium nursing …

Aim To explore the perceptions and practices of nurses on handovers. Background At
handover, accountability must be transferred to ensure a consistent quality of patient care …

Aim To describe, appraise and synthesize the seminal and empirical literature around
Registered Nurses' communication behaviours between shifts in acute hospital settings …

Aim To improve the effectiveness of nursing clinical handover through a qualitative, tailored
communication intervention. Design A multisite before and after intervention using …

Aim: To explore and qualitatively review 'end-of-shift'verbal communication practices and
processes; and to further develop a core theoretical construction of nurses' perspectives on …