Dataset Information

Bedside shift report: Nurses opinions based on their experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurse bedside shift report (BSR) improves satisfaction, quality and safety. Yet, postimplementation adoption rates remain low in hospitals where BSR has been introduced. Further research is needed to understand what content is most appropriate to discuss during BSR and what facilitators are from the clinical nurses' perspective.

Aims

Identify and describe acute care clinical nurses' and nursing supervisors' experiences and opinions regarding: process of BSR, appropriate content for BSR and barriers and facilitators related to implementation of BSR.

Design

A phenomenological qualitative study was conducted at an acute care 500 bed, not-for-profit academic medical centre located in the southern United States.