Collegian
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 19-26 , March 2011

Patients’ perspectives of bedside nursing handover

  • Anne McMurray, PhD, RN, FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Research Chair in Nursing, Murdoch University, Mandurah Western Australia
    • Adjunct Professor of Nursing, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Tel.: +61 0409 587 850.
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  • Wendy Chaboyer, PhD, RN, FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Director, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
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  • Marianne Wallis, PhD, RN, FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Gold Coast Health Service District and Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
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  • Joanne Johnson, MHS, RN

      Affiliations

    • West Moreton South Burnett, Health Services District, Ipswich Hospital, Queensland, Australia
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  • Tanya Gehrke, MHS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Development Facilitator, Ipswich Hospital, Queensland, Australia

Received 19 January 2010 ,Revised 14 April 2010 ,Accepted 16 April 2010.

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