Handoffs during nursing shift changes in acute care

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1057-1061

  Patterson, Emily S ^a   Roth, Emilie M ^b   Render, Marta L ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Roth Cognitive Engineering

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; TRANSCRIPTION;

ACUTE CARE; NURSING SHIFT CHANGES;

NURSING;

EID: 34547401613     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120504901112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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