Tilda Shalof (BScN 1983) is the author of several books on the nursing profession that have earned her recognition from both current and aspiring nurses. Her latest book, The Handover – A Nurse’s Last Shift, written in collaboration with RN Lisa Mochrie, is filled with a series of raw and honest stories from Shalof’s decades of nursing practice.

The title of the book “The Handover” is an intentional reference on Shalof’s part, to the moment when a nurse hands over their shift to the next nurse on duty. The handover of a patient, Shalof says, is an integral part of nursing practice, and involves providing all the information necessary to help the nurse coming on duty be successful.

“As I came to the realization that I was approaching the end of my career, I felt I needed to give the young nurses I was encountering something beyond the education they were receiving,” says Shalof. “When I met Lisa, who was a nursing student at the time, it solidified for me that the time was right to publish my next book.”