Abstract
Background: Shift-to-shift handover helps the health care provider to summarize or describe patient data via communication. Aim of the study: to assess Nursing Shift-to-Shift Handover in Intensive Care Unit. Research design: A descriptive design was used to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at Intensive Care Unit at Beni-Suef General hospital. Subjects: All available nurses in the previous mentioned setting. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used for data collection included; Nurses' shift to shift handover knowledge questionnaire sheet and Nursing shift-to- shift handover observational checklist. Results: More than two third of nurses (62.3%) had unsatisfactory knowledge, while more than one third of them (37.7%) had satisfactory knowledge. More than one quarter of nurses had low performance (27.5%), more than one third of them had moderate performance (37.7%). While one third of them had high performance (34.8%). Conclusion: there was highly statistically positive correlation between total of level of knowledge and total level of performance regarding shift-to-shift handover among the studied nurses at ( r= 0.934 & P= 0.000). Recommendations: Periodic assessment for nursing shift-to-shift handover in intensive care unit. Develop counseling office to help nurses for better handover and performance.

Keywords: Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Nursing Staff and Shift-to-shift handover