Having different temporal focus during handover The nurse anaesthetists, anaesthesiologists and PACU nurses described their temporal focus during the post-operative handover. There were differences found in this focus. The nurse anaesthetists described that their main focus concerned information on what they themselves had done, i.e. the anaesthe-sia process. The anaesthesiologists described focusing on the continuum of care from the OT to discharge. Both the nurse anaesthetists and anaesthesiologists reflected on the insecurity concerning the receiver’s focus during handover. While the PACU nurses’ main focus was on essential information of importance for the present, e.g., the patient to be taken care of, vital parameters and recommendations; they reflected on their observation that nurse anaesthetists mostly reported information about the anaesthesia process.