Patient Participation During Nursing Bedside Handover: A State-of-the-Art Review

Area of Science:

• Nursing Science
• Patient Communication
• Healthcare Quality Improvement

Background:

• Nursing Bedside Handover (NBH) involves patient-nurse interaction for communication and care.
• Patient participation can be passive or active during NBH.
• Enhancing patient involvement in NBH is crucial for healthcare quality.

Purpose of the Study:

• To synthesize current knowledge on patient participation during NBH.
• To identify future research directions in bedside handover.
• To provide insights for developing interventions to increase patient participation.

Main Methods:

• State-of-the-art (SotA) literature review.
• Searches conducted in PubMed, CINAHL Complete, and Scopus.
• Inclusion of 50 primary research articles appraised with the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool.

Main Results:

• Identified three main themes: patient participation attributes, nurses' practices influencing participation, and strategies to increase participation.
• Examined research trends and future directions within each theme.
• Synthesized data using constant comparison method.

Conclusions:

• Findings inform the development of interventions to boost patient participation in NBH.
• Co-design strategies and updated transfer protocols are recommended.
• Assessment tools for measuring patient participation are suggested.