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Aims and objectives
To qualitatively investigate the medical–surgical nurse shift handoff as a process within the workflow of the exchanging nurses. Specifically, this study sought to identify the ideal handoff, ways the handoff deviated from ideal, and subsequent effect on nursing care.
Background
The functions as well as information content of the handoff have been studied. However, typical studies...