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Authors
Affiliations
1 R.D. Gardi College of Nursing, Ujjain, IN
2 Dept. of Community Medicine, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 4, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 117-118
Abstract
A cross sectional study was conducted to assess quality of patient hand over among 60 nurses working in teaching and non-teaching hospitals of Ujjain city using convenient sampling technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire. The study findings revealed that majority of nurses(56.7%) were having average scores on quality of hand over. Almost all of them (96%) mentioned that purpose of patient hand over is to provide patient information only. Significant association found between quality of patient hand over score with professional qualification and teaching/non-teaching hospital. No significant association found between quality of hand over scores and years of nurses experience.
Keywords
Exploration, Quality, Handover.
