Making the link - An impact evaluation of one Dublin hospital's accident & emergency department's liaison nurse service

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-48

  McBride, Louise Kavanagh ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; IRELAND; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HUMANS; IRELAND; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0038390663     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2302(02)00207-2     Document Type: Article

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