Testing a classification model for emergency department errors

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-99

  Henneman, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Blank, Fidela S J ^b,c   Gattasso, Sandra ^d   Williamson, Katherine ^b   Henneman, Philip L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Berkshire Rheumatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Eindhoven Classification Model; Emergency department errors; Error classification; Healthcare errors; Nursing; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CAUSALITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33744940307     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03878.x     Document Type: Article

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