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The handover is given either by the nurse in charge, the nurse caring for that patient on that particular shift or the primary nurse to the nurse who will take over the patient’s care. It can be carried out at the patient’s bedside, in the office or as a taped message.
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Huss, N., Schiller, S., Schmidt, M. (2013). Nursing Practice within the Surgical Area. In: Fachenglisch für Pflege und Pflegewissenschaft. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30005-9_4
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