Introduction: Involving mental healthcare patients in nursing handover practices seems a promising method for increasing patient participation, empowerment, and shared decision-making but is hardly found in practice.
Method: An explorative review on bedside handovers in mental health care was conducted. Searched databases included CINHAHL, Web of Science, PubMed, and Embase.
Tijdschr Psychiatr
September 2023
Background: Several European countries are reforming their mental healthcare program. This implies an increase of pressure on outpatient care and also in Flanders are waiting times long in the outpatient care and patients don’t receive timely care. Hitherto, a nursing consultation in mental health care is a fairly new concept of care.
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