This article describes the REED (record, evidence, enquire, discuss) model of handover. The authors reflect on the history of nursing handover, and discuss the different types of handover and the need for standardisation. The article provides a step-by-step approach to the implementation of a new model of nursing handover on an acute ward.
Nursing Standard. 28, 20, 44-48. doi: 10.7748/ns2014.01.28.20.44.e7992
Peer reviewThis article has been subject to double blind peer review
Received: 20 June 2013
Accepted: 13 October 2013
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