Handling handoffs safely

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-

  Simpson, Kathleen Rice ^a  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING, TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; SAFETY;

EID: 20144388708     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200503000-00030     Document Type: Short Survey

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