Nursing handovers: how to make them easier and more effective

Tips for nursing staff on achieving effective handover that not only optimises patient safety but helps build and motivate strong teams

• Handover is key to patient safety, yet it can easily be derailed by the many competing demands on your time
• Read advice on how to make handovers more effective, including tools that offer a framework to focus your mind
• With bedside handovers increasingly common, find out how to hone your communication style to involve the patient

Nurses are under more pressure than ever from staff shortages, seasonal pressures and ongoing industrial action.