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Nursing handovers: do we really need them?

Amanda Sexton1, Connie Chan, Malcolm Elliott

  • 1Department of Public Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

Journal of Nursing Management
|April 23, 2004
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Most nursing handover information is already documented. Streamlining handover processes can improve efficiency and information quality in nursing care.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Practice
  • Healthcare Communication
  • Clinical Documentation

Background:

  • Nursing handover is criticized for time expenditure, content relevance, accuracy, and patient discussion tone.
  • The continuing role of nursing handover in modern healthcare requires evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the content of nursing handover with formal documentation sources.
  • To identify areas for potential improvement in nursing handover processes.

Main Methods:

  • Audio-recording of 23 nursing handovers across all shifts on a general medical ward.
  • Analysis and classification of handover content based on existing ward documentation systems.

Main Results:

  • Approximately 84.6% of discussed information was found in existing documentation.

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  • 9.5% of handover content was irrelevant to ongoing patient care.
  • Only 5.9% of content related to ongoing care or management was not recordable in existing sources.

    • Conclusions:

    • Nursing handover content largely overlaps with existing documentation.
    • Streamlining handover may enhance information quality and reduce time spent.
    • Further research is needed to validate findings across different settings and documentation types.