Construction and Validation of a Standardized Bedside Handover Process and Visual Diagnosis-Symptom System in Emergency.

Objectives: To construct and examine the effects of a Standardized Bedside Handover Process and Visual Diagnosis-symptom System.

Methods: According to the application of standardized procedure and Diagnosing-symptom System, we divided three groups: control group, process group and process + visualization group. Study outcomes included nursing handover practices and patient bedside nursing handover satisfaction, which were measured by the Chinese version of Nursing Assessment of Shift Report (NASR) and the Patients Views on Nursing Care with implementation bedside report (PVNC-BR), respectively.The effects were estimated using t-test and ANOVA.

Results: Compared with the control group, NASR and PVNC-BR scores of the process group and the process + visualization group were significantly higher.

Conclusions: Standardized process for bedside handover and the application of visual diagnosis-symptom libraries could improve the quality of nursing bedside handover in emergency observation room.