Nurses' attitudes to a medical emergency team service in a teaching hospital

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 427-432

  Jones, D ^a,b   Baldwin, I ^c   McIntyre, T ^c   Story, D ^d   Mercer, I ^c   Miglic, A ^c   Goldsmith, D ^c   Bellomo, R ^c  

^a 3rd Floor Burnett Building ^*  (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VITAL SIGN; WARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33845879851     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2005.016956     Document Type: Article

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