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Exploring socio-technical insights for safe nursing handover
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Wong, MC and Yee, KC and Turner, P, Exploring socio-technical insights for safe nursing handover, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 241 pp. 43-48. ISSN 0926-9630 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-794-8-43
Abstract
Current efforts to improve nursing handover frequently use prescriptive approaches based on research evidence of handover issues within a single nursing ward or nursing specialty. Despite reported handover improvement, few studies adequately consider the transferability of results to other nursing handover environments or acknowledge the unique attributes that supported sustained improvement. With the increasing diffusion of electronic tools it has become even more critical to ensure that socio-technical issues that may impact on the quality and safety of nursing handovers are identified. This paper describes a qualitative research project that examined nursing handover in three different wards - General Medicine, General Surgery and Department of Emergency Medicine in a tertiary teaching hospital. Through conduct of a detailed analysis of nursing handover processes, this paper highlights the similarities and differences in the handover among the three different wards and presents five key socio-technical insights to support safe nursing handover.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | nursing handover, patient safety, medical error, implementation science, continuity of care, handoff, socio-technical, |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Health care administration |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Evaluation of health and support services |
Objective Field: | Health policy evaluation |
UTAS Author: | Wong, MC (Dr Ming Wong) |
UTAS Author: | Yee, KC (Dr Kwang Yee) |
UTAS Author: | Turner, P (Associate Professor Paul Turner) |
ID Code: | 120515 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
Deposited By: | Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2017-08-28 |
Last Modified: | 2018-09-11 |
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