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  2. Change-of-shift report - Wikipedia

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    A specific type of change-of-shift report is Nursing Bedside Shift Report in which the off going nurse provides change-of-shift report to the on coming nurse at the patient's bedside. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Since 2013, giving report at the patient bedside has been recommend by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to improve patient ...

  3. SBAR - Wikipedia

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    SBAR is an acronym for Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation; a technique that can be used to facilitate prompt and appropriate communication. This communication model has gained popularity in healthcare settings, especially amongst professions such as physicians and nurses .

  4. BLUF (communication) - Wikipedia

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    One common practice in the healthcare setting is the "hand-off" procedure. During "hand-offs" or "handovers" (i.e., change of shift report), critical information about patient care is transferred between the outgoing and the incoming staff. Usually, this process takes place in limited time.

  5. x̅ and s chart - Wikipedia

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    Each observation plots against its own control limits as determined by the sample size-specific values, n i, of A 3, B 3, and B 4 Use control limits based on an average sample size [ 7 ] Control limits are fixed at the modal (or most common) sample size-specific value of A 3 , B 3 , and B 4

  6. Handover - Wikipedia

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    An MTSO engages in this handoff system. When a mobile signal becomes weak in a given cell and MTSO finds other cell within its system to which it can transfer the call then it uses Intra system handoff. In Intra System Handoff local calls always remain local call only since after handoff also the call is handled by same MTSO.

  7. Nightingale Pledge - Wikipedia

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    The Nightingale Pledge is a statement of the ethics and principles of the nursing profession in the United States, and it is not used outside the US. It included a vow to "abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous" and to "zealously seek to nurse those who are ill wherever they may be and whenever they are in need."

  8. Hand-off - Wikipedia

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    In American football, a handoff is the act of handing the ball directly from one player to another, i. e. without it leaving the first player's hands. [1] Most rushing plays on offense begin with a handoff from the quarterback to another running back. The biggest risk with any hand-off is the chance of fumble on the exchange. [2]

  9. Soft handover - Wikipedia

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    If the sectors are from the same physical cell site (a sectorised site), it is referred to as softer handoff. This technique is a form of mobile-assisted handover, for IS-95 / CDMA2000 CDMA cell phones continuously make power measurements of a list of neighboring cell sites, and determine whether or not to request or end soft handover with the ...