The effects of electronic nursing handover on patient safety in the general (non-COVID-19) and COVID-19 intensive care units: a quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The unprecedented increase in the nurses' workload is one of the issues affecting the quality and safety of patient care in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The electronic nursing handover can share sufficient, relevant, and necessary data about patients with greater efficiency and accuracy and prevent their information from being deleted. Therefore, this study aimed to determine and compare the effect of the Electronic Nursing Handover System (ENHS) on patient safety in General ICU and COVID-19 ICU.

Method

This is a quasi-experimental study conducted during an 8-month period from 22 to 2021 to 26 June 2022 using a test-retest design. A total of 29 nurses working in the General and COVID-19 ICUs participated in this study. Data were collected using a five-part que

SUBMITTER: Tataei A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10204677 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature