The Shift Coupon: An innovative method to monitor adverse events

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-55

  Kellogg, Victoria A ^a,c   Havens, Donna S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Planned Parenthood of the Susquehanna Valley   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Hospitals; Nurses; Quality care; Shift Coupon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS INFECTION; DECUBITUS; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAUSALITY; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PRESSURE ULCER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644921277     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200601000-00011     Document Type: Article

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