Previous studies (Payne, et al., 2000; Stone, et al., 2010; Chaboyer, et al., 2010) has highlighted the fact that through bedside handover the support for communication between nurses and health professional in relation to health of patient, progress and care plan is achieved. It even assists in making the patient aware about their care and about the person who is responsible for their care. In addition to this, bedside handover is also considered as effective because it provides prospects for involvement of patient in decisions related to care. This aspect is important because satisfaction and relaxation of patient plays vital role in making the recovery process more effective. With the help of involvement of patient, the treatment can be
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These include time consuming, confidentiality, extensive resources and poor communication. Bedside handover is considered as time consuming because proper document needs to be prepared and all the important things must be interpreted from one nurse to another. This interpretation takes time because it is important to provide information about the overall day routine of the patient to the shifting nurse. In addition to this, lack of confidentiality is another challenge that hospitals have to face in bedside nursing. This happens in the manner that when information is transferred from one nurse to another in the presence of other persons then there are chances that some significant data might be spread and leak. Therefore, at the time of implementing bedside handover, it is important for the nurses to make sure that confidentiality is maintained to utmost level (Thomas & Donohue-Porter, 2012; Wakefield, et al., …show more content…
Different studies are searched by making use of search strategy mentioned in the paper. Various studies were searched from databases and search engines from which 10 are considered as appropriate and are used for evaluating the main context of the study. It is noticed from literature review that bedside handover is the activity in nursing in which responsibility and accountability of care is moved from one nurse to other at the time of changing shift. This handover type is considered as effective in nursing because it is more reliable in comparison to other ways that is verbal, nonverbal, and audiotaped. It is considered as the effective means of handover because in bedside the involvement of patient and their family members is also given importance. The patient has the opportunity to provide suggestions and information through which their care process can be made more efficient. They also have the chance to understand the level of medication and treatment given to them so that any sort of problem can be
These include time consuming, confidentiality, extensive resources and poor communication. Bedside handover is considered as time consuming because proper document needs to be prepared and all the important things must be interpreted from one nurse to another. This interpretation takes time because it is important to provide information about the overall day routine of the patient to the shifting nurse. In addition to this, lack of confidentiality is another challenge that hospitals have to face in bedside nursing. This happens in the manner that when information is transferred from one nurse to another in the presence of other persons then there are chances that some significant data might be spread and leak. Therefore, at the time of implementing bedside handover, it is important for the nurses to make sure that confidentiality is maintained to utmost level (Thomas & Donohue-Porter, 2012; Wakefield, et al., …show more content…
Different studies are searched by making use of search strategy mentioned in the paper. Various studies were searched from databases and search engines from which 10 are considered as appropriate and are used for evaluating the main context of the study. It is noticed from literature review that bedside handover is the activity in nursing in which responsibility and accountability of care is moved from one nurse to other at the time of changing shift. This handover type is considered as effective in nursing because it is more reliable in comparison to other ways that is verbal, nonverbal, and audiotaped. It is considered as the effective means of handover because in bedside the involvement of patient and their family members is also given importance. The patient has the opportunity to provide suggestions and information through which their care process can be made more efficient. They also have the chance to understand the level of medication and treatment given to them so that any sort of problem can be