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Goals of HANDS Project
Standardize a method for collecting and communicating plan of care information that:
- Is useful to clinicians
- Promotes continuity of care at all handovers
- Creates a national database of comparable, valid, and rich nursing data
- Supports research to continuously improve nursing care and practice
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