Creating safety culture on nursing units: Human performance and organizational system factors that make a difference

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 198-206

  Moody, Roseanne F ^a,c   Pesut, Daniel J ^a   Harrington, Charles F ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Health services research; Medication errors; Motivation; Nursing unit; Productivity; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847221111     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jps.0000242978.40424.24     Document Type: Article

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