Effective communication during nurse handoffs is instrumental in ensuring safe and quality
patient care. Much of the prior research on nurse handoffs has utilized retrospective …

Objectives To investigate different professionals'(nurse anaesthetists', anaesthesiologists',
and postanaesthesia care unit nurses') descriptions of and reflections on the postoperative …

Video recording technologies offer a powerful way to document what happens in clinical
areas. 1 Cameras, and to a lesser extent, microphones, can be found in a growing number …

There is a considerable body of literature on the importance of effective shift handovers in
hospitals and other health-care settings but less is known about the transfer of information …

Aim This paper sought to identify the factors that should be considered in the study of
bedside handover at the change of nursing shift. Background The introduction of bedside …

Objectives To examine quality and safety in inter-professional clinical handovers in Post
Anaesthetic Care Units (PACUs) and make recommendations for tools to standardize …

Concerns about the role of communication failures in adverse events coupled with the
success of checklists in addressing safety hazards have engendered a movement to apply …

Background Transitioning a patient from the operating theatre (OT) to the intensive care unit
(ICU) is a dynamic and complex process. Handover of the critically ill postoperative patient …

Background Engaging with human emotions is an integral but poorly understood part of the
work of emergency healthcare providers. Patient factors (eg, irritable behavior; mental …

Background Despite decades of research and interventions, poor communication between
physicians and nurses continues to be a primary contributor to adverse events in the …