Describing nurses' work: Combining quantitative and qualitative analysis

Human Factors

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-14

  Wolf, Laurie D ^a,d   Potter, Patricia ^b   Sledge, Jennifer A ^b   Boxerman, Stuart B ^c,e   Grayson, Deborah ^c,e   Evanoff, Bradley ^c,e  

^a BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WellAware/Ergonomics Department   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL;

CLINICAL INFORMATION; NURSING CARE; QUALITY CARE;

NURSING;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33646342222     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872006776412289     Document Type: Article

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