Bedside Handover In Nursing

processes and response are response for outcome. In this study. As perceived perceived by participants were identified. The study took place on medical ICU, surgical ICU and Gen ICU that had predominantly 19,11,8,10 ,12 beds per unit , with a few single and double rooms. In one hospital, team nursing was used and bedside handover had been used for over a 3 month. In the other, a variety of nursing models were used and bedside handover had just been instituted, superseding verbal handover in a staff room. Bedside nursing staff, team leaders (i.e. those responsible for a subgroup of patients and nursing staff), shift coordinators (who took overall responsibility for ward functioning, often concurrently with team