Bedside shift reports: what does the evidence say?

J Nurs Adm. 2014 Oct;44(10):541-5. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000115.

Abstract

Bedside shift reports are viewed as an opportunity to reduce errors and important to ensure communication between nurses and communication. Models of bedside report incorporating the patient into the triad have been shown to increase patient engagement and enhance caregiver support and education. Nurse shift reports and nurse handovers are 2 of the most critical processes in patient care that can support patient safety and reduce medical errors in the United States. Nurses continue to not recognize the evidence supporting this practice and adopt bedside report into practice.

MeSH terms

  • Communication*
  • Continuity of Patient Care / organization & administration*
  • Evidence-Based Nursing
  • Humans
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Medical Errors / prevention & control*
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Nursing Care / organization & administration*
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / organization & administration
  • Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / organization & administration
  • Patient Care Planning / organization & administration*
  • Patient Handoff / organization & administration*
  • Patient Safety*
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • United States