Safeguarding patients: Complexity science, high reliability organizations, and implications for team training in healthcare

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 298-306

  McKeon, Leslie M ^a   Oswaks, Jill D ^a   Cunningham, Patricia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity science; Safety; Training

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUST;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRUST;

EID: 33845473674     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002800-200611000-00011     Document Type: Review

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