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. 2022 Jan 17;78(5):1413–1430. doi: 10.1111/jan.15110

TABLE 3.

‘Jim’ bedside handover

Turn Speaker Talk ISBAR
1. Incoming N1: Ji:::m, Hello Jim. Hi, how are you?
2. Patient (Jim): ( )
3. Outgoing N: Another handsome man. ( ) pleasant. Uh so Jim is 80 years old. He came with a total hip replacement on eighteenth of eleventh … 2019. Uh his mo‐ his mobility is independent. He refuse shower. He said he's gonna shower in the afternoon‐ early afternoon.

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4. Nurse: [quietly] ( ) always say.
5. Outgoing N: What else? He walking, he refused Coloxyl and Senna this morning he said, because he opened the bowel yesterday. He is walking independently. His observations is good, so he settled. Aren't you? A
6. [No audible response from patient. The outgoing nurse moves straight onto handing over the next patient in the same manner]

Key: ::: elongated vowel sound; … short pause.

Abbreviation: ISBAR, Identify, Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation.