Implementation of a modified bedside handoff for a postpartum unit. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Implementation of a modified bedside handoff for a postpartum unit. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published June 2017

Implementation of a modified bedside handoff for a postpartum unit.

Wollenhaup CA, Stevenson EL, Thompson J, Gordon HA, Nunn G. J Nurs Adm. 2017;47:320-326.

Ineffective team communication can contribute to sentinel events. This commentary describes how a rural hospital's postpartum unit redesigned its handoff process to create a bedside handoff model and utilized structured educational modalities and nurse champions to drive improvement and acceptance of the approach.

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