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Attribution. Ruth Harris; Sarah Sims; Mary Leamy; Ros Levenson; Nigel Davies; Sally Brearley et al. (2019). Intentional rounding in hospital wards to improve regular interaction and engagement between nurses and patients: a realist evaluation. NIHR Journals Library. Copyright © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2019. This work was produced by Harris et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in professional journals provided that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should be addressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK547460. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.

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