New Zealand's Christchurch Hospital at night: An audit of medical activity from 2230 to 0800 hours

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1231, 2006, Pages

  Morton, John ^a   Williams, Yvonne ^a   Philpott, Mike ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Nursing Christchurch Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NEW ZEALAND; NIGHT; NURSING STUDENT; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SHIFT WORKER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; TELEPHONE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME;

HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; NIGHT CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33645463382     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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