Co-design and implementation of nursing handover improvement tool in Kenyan newborn units: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transfer of care and responsibility for patients from one healthcare provider to another during hospitalisation is critical to them receiving the right interventions and overall quality and safety of care, and is dependent on the accurate transfer of patient information. Sick newborns are particularly dependent on health workers being able to meet their needs, but previous work suggests that nursing handovers in newborn units (NBUs) may be poor in Kenya. Initiatives aimed at improving nursing handovers have mainly been tested and implemented in High-Income Countries (HICs), with very little happening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), especially in the context of sick and hospitalised newborn nursing care. In this study, we sought to co-design, implement, and a

SUBMITTER: Jepkosgei J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12560576 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature