Healthy Work Environments, Nurse-Physician Communication, and Patients' Outcomes

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 536-543

  Manojlovich, Milisa ^a   DeCicco, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COOPERATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPSIS; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATHETERIZATION; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 40449083327     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2007.16.6.536     Document Type: Article

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