A Standardized Shift Handover Protocol: Improving Nurses’ Safe Practice in Intensive Care Units

Introduction: For maintaining the continuity of care and improving the quality of care, effective inter-shift information communication is necessary. Any handover error can endanger patient safety. Despite the importance of shift handover, there is no standard handover protocol in our healthcare set...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Javad Malekzadeh, Seyed Reza Mazluom, Toktam Etezadi, Alireza Tasseri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2013-08-01
Series:Journal of Caring Sciences
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCS/Manuscript/JCS-2-177.pdf