Reasons for after-hours calls by hospital floor nurses to on-call physicians

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 342-349

  Bernstam, Elmer V ^a   Pancheri, Karen K ^b,c   Johnson, Constance M ^d,e   Johnson, Todd R ^a   Thomas, Eric J ^f   Turley, James P ^b  

^a University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

^b School of Health Information Sciences   (United States)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Texas Health Science Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEPHONE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; COMMUNICATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34249785651     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33039-0     Document Type: Article

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