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Clinical Question Communication between nurses comprises the transfer of essential information which can be vital to the patient's recovery Furthermore Handover responsibility of patient is essential to secure continuity of care treatment and patient s safety Kohn 2009 For this reason an effective communication between health care providers is an integral component on patient s recovery during the postoperative period that will improve patient s outcomes and enhance health care delivery Ineffective communication during postoperative among nurses become a problem as it contribute to breaches in patient s care Turning into a significant problem leading to a fragmentation on care plan increasing the risk of medical errors poor quality care and contributing to other adverse outcomes during the postoperative period such as wrong patient wrong medication administration and patient deaths due to misinformation and poor care coordination IOM 2009 In the hope to support safety to guarantee good patient centered care improve nurse communication and reduce medical errors during the provision of treatment at postoperative the implementation of standardized approach to handoff communication JCAHO 2006 was created and included as part of patient safety goal
