Barriers and facilitators to nursing handoffs: recommendations for redesign.

Catherine Amber Welsh; Mindy E. Flanagan; Patricia R. Ebright

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Barriers and facilitators to nursing handoffs: recommendations for redesign.

June 9, 2010

Welsh CA, Flanagan ME, Ebright PR. Nurs Outlook. 2010;58(3):148-154.

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This study used qualitative techniques to identify essential components of safe and effective patient handoffs between nurses.

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