Until 2007, nurses at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis relied on traditional shift change reporting methods to communicate patient care information from caregiver to caregiver. But when ...

Hospitals are transforming the traditional way nurses change shifts to reduce the chance of errors and oversights in the transfer of information. A critical side effect: patients feel safe, included ...

Hospitals are altering the way nurses change shifts — and it’s for the better, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. 1. Traditionally, nurses going off duty typically talk with the nurse ...

Despite some concerns from nurses that handing off care at the patient's bedside may take too much time and potentially violate patient confidentiality, more hospitals are changing the way nurses ...

In a recent Studer Spotlight on EmCare’s blog, Angie Esbenshade, RN, MSN discusses the process of having safe care transitions between departments and units. Editor’s Note: This content is reproduced ...

Michelle Gray recalls from her years as a critical-care nurse that many patients and their families had no idea what was going on with their care. She realized that lack of information made being in ...

In a new report, the Minnesota Nurses Association shares why over 2,400 nurses in the state left bedside positions over the last year. “Why We Left: 2023 Nursing Workforce Report” identifies chronic ...