Barriers to and facilitators of bedside nursing handover: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Marco Clari; Alessio Conti; Daniela Chiarini; Barbara Martin; Valerio Dimonte; Sara Campagna

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Barriers to and facilitators of bedside nursing handover: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.

July 7, 2021

Clari M, Conti A, Chiarini D, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2021;36(4):e51-e58.

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Handovers between providers occur regularly during hospital stays. This review synthesizes the benefits of, and barriers to, successful handovers. Benefits include humanization of the patient and improved patient safety; barriers include provider stress and feelings of inadequacy. Recognition of these factors can improve successful implementation of handover procedures in hospitals.

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