8.1. Current Condition of Handovers and Demands for Education
Among the respondents, only 10.2% replied that they received handover-related education during the nurse training course for nursing students, and such education was given mostly in a way of observing existing nurses’ handovers in clinical practice. 42.3% replied that they had personal experience of handovers but without specific education on handovers. The level of self-confidence in handovers that the students felt was low down to 2.9 on average (in 10-point scoring). This result corresponds to the finding of Collins’s research [10], where it turned out that students were not aware of essential factors for an effective handover and that they lacked confidence in delivering information to others.