Patient safety: A shared responsibility

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 43-57

  Ballard, Karen A ^a  

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Author keywords

Competency; Ethics; Health care errors; Licensure; Lifelong learning; Magnet hospitals; Nursing shortage; Nursing standards; Patient outcomes; Patient safety; Safety legislation; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 3042723166     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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