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Implementation of a modified bedside handoff for a postpartum unit.

June 21, 2017

Wollenhaup CA, Stevenson EL, Thompson J, et al. J Nurs Admin. 2017;47(6):320-326.

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Ineffective team communication can contribute to sentinel events. This commentary describes how a rural hospital's postpartum unit redesigned its handoff process to create a bedside handoff model and utilized structured educational modalities and nurse champions to drive improvement and acceptance of the approach.

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