Impact of a Standardized Tool on Handoff Quality in Nurse Change-of-Shift Reports
Within the context of healthcare delivery, human lives are at risk when health care professionals fail to communicate effectively. Audits by The Joint Commission from 1995 to 2005 revealed that 65% of sentinel events occurred as a result of staff miscommunication, prompting the requirement that stan...
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ScholarWorks
2017
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3860 https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4963&context=dissertations |