HealthLeaders: For working nurses, what are the most important takeaways from your study? Jeffs: 1. Patients described the bedside nursing handover as engaging, personal, and informative. The bedside ...

Addressing ambulance handover delays must be a “system-wide priority”, according to a nurse leader behind a new report into the patient harm caused by these waits. The Association of Ambulance Chief ...

Michelle Gray recalls from her years as a critical-care nurse that many patients and their families had no idea what was going on with their care. She realized that lack of information made being in ...

I watched the senior student fumble with the syringe and antibiotic vial, desperately trying to "sit on my hands" and let her work it out for herself. The clock was ticking and we still had a lot to ...

The handover of patient information during nursing shift changes is a key area under investigation in a national effort to improve patient safety in hospitals. In one of seven projects funded by the ...