Critique of Systematic Research Review NR505

Critique of Systematic Research ReviewNursing handoffs is a type of report between two clinicians that are responsible for patients care and is an important part of transferring patient information (what, how, who and where) from one healthcare provider to another in clinical practice (Smith and Schub, 2014). Ineffective, inconsistent and incongruent communication during these handoffs continues to be a problem and a threat to patient safety. Effective handoffs are instrumental in providing for the successful quality of care that the patient is to receive (Holly and Poletick 2014). Medical errors, treatment delays, inappropriate treatment and/or care omissions can happen as a result of miscommunication during handoffs which could potentially lead to patient harm, longer stays, readmissions and/or increased costs. Search Process The authors of this article performed a search looking for only qualitative research articles that were based on the nurse’s experiences at the time of shift change/nursing handoffs. One hundred and twenty-five qualitative articles between 1988 and 2012 met the initial inclusion criteria and 50 articles were evaluated and a final sample of 29 qualitative articles was analyzed and utilized for this study and included (Holly and Poletick 2014). Only articles that described nurse to nurse shift reporting was used. Articles The articles chosen are as follows (Holly and Poletick 2014):  21 ethnographic studies – study of people and cultures  2 qualitative descriptive studies – subjective research that studies the characteristics of a population  3 case studies – a detailed, up close and in depth research method of a subject  1 phenomenological study – study of experiences  1 appreciative enquiry study – involves bringing large, diverse groups of people together to study  1 action research study – research initiated to solve a problem………..