Open AccessDo Falls and Other Safety Issues Occur More Often During Handovers When Nurses Are Away From Patients? Findings From a Retrospective Study Design
Author(s) -
Jessica Demaria,
Francesca Valent,
Matteo Danielis,
F Bellomo,
Federico Farneti,
Valentina Bressan,
Alvisa Palese
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nursing care quality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.554
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1550-5065
pISSN - 1057-3631
DOI - 10.1097/ncq.0000000000000526
Subject(s) - retrospective cohort study , patient safety , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , medicine , medline , medical emergency , emergency medicine , injury prevention , poison control , suicide prevention , surgery , health care , political science , pathology , law
No studies have assessed the differences in the incidences of falls and other patient safety events (PSEs) during handovers performed away from patients compared with when nurses are on the unit.