Implementing bedside handovers in mental health care: Insights from an experience-based co-design.

Abstract

Bedside handovers have the potential to provide opportunities to increase patient involvement in mental health care. However, limited research has been conducted on this subject. In this study, we investigate the suitability of experience-based co-design as a method for designing bedside handover in mental health care. The article discusses the goals of bedside handover, the preferred structure and content of the handover, its location and frequency, and the familiarization involved in it. EBCD proved to be a suitable method of making recommendations for involving patients in nursing handover in a mental healthcare unit of a general hospital. Nurses and mental health care patients agreed on the ISBARRT model to structure bedside handovers.