This mixed descriptive case study was done to describe the structures, processes, and perception of the outcomes of bedside handover in nursing. This study included observation of 532 handovers and 34 nurse interviews. Two separate hospitals were used in this study. One hospital using team nursing and bedside handover had been used for over a year, the second hospital using a variety of nursing models and bedside handover just being implemented, just stopping verbal report in a separate staff room. The three main focus points of the interviews and observations during this study was the content of the information being handed over during report (using SBAR), time spent at the bedside including patient involvement and staff numbers and their
