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Nurses Perceptions' Of Bedside Reporting On An Intensive Care Unit Following Implementation, Christine Mcginn
Nurses Perceptions' Of Bedside Reporting On An Intensive Care Unit Following Implementation, Christine Mcginn
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Shift handoffs were included in The Joint Commission's 2009 National Patient Safety Goals, which requires that shift hand-offs must include up-to-date information about the care, treatment, current condition, and recent or anticipated changes with the patient. Bedside reporting addresses The Joint Commission's Goal 13, a safety strategy that encourages the patient's active involvement in care. The demand for quality care while caring for the sick population with multisystem complex diagnoses calls healthcare provides to look at ways to provide more efficient care while improving patient safety and outcomes.
Bedside reporting is one nursing intervention which can be implemented to improve …