Factors associated with nurses' perceptions, their communication skills and the quality of clinical handover in the Hong Kong context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical handover is a pivotal, high-risk communicative event because it involves the transfer of responsibility and accountability for patients and their care. Nurses' perceptions and their communication skills inevitably impact on their ability of clinical handover. Limited studies have explored nurses' handover practice in the Hong Kong context. This study aimed to identify factors associated with and specific impact paths between the quality, communication skills and nurses' perceptions on clinical handover.

Methods

A questionnaire survey was conducted immediately after the nurses' training in effective handover communication. A convenience sample of 206 bilingual nursing staff from a local hospital in Hong Kong participated in this paper-and-pencil survey ado

SUBMITTER: Pun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8196458 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature