Benefits Of Bedside Reporting

Bedside reporting continues to gain much attention and is explored to support the evidence that “hand –off communications enhance efficacy in delivery of patient care. Patient inclusion in shift reports enhances good patient outcomes, increased satisfaction with care delivery, enhanced accountability for nursing professionals, and improved communications between patients and their direct care providers. Finding from the literature of Bradley and Mott (2013), notes a recent move towards accepting patient –centered care methods in hospital settings and recommends that there are many benefits connected with this style of care. This study proposed that bedside handover is a more practice and provides many of the valuable facets of patient-centered