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Nursing handoffs: a systematic review of the literature.
Riesenberg LA, Leisch J, Cunningham JM. Am J Nurs. 2010;110:24-34.

This review assessed the literature on nursing handoffs. Although numerous strategies were anecdotally reported to be helpful, there was little empirical research to support them.
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