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

Wendy Chaboyer; Anne McMurray; Joanne Johnson; Linda Hardy; Marianne Wallis; Fang Ying Sylvia Chu

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

July 5, 2013

Chaboyer W, McMurray A, Johnson J, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;24(2):136-42.

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This article describes how one hospital implemented bedside handover to improve patient care.

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