A quality improvement program to enhance after-hours telephone communication between nurses and physicians in a long-term care facility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1080-1086

  Whitson, Heather E ^a,b,c   Hastings, S Nicole ^a,b   Lekan, Deborah A ^d   Sloane, Richard ^c   White, Heidi K ^a,c   McConnell, Eleanor S ^b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Nurse physician relations; Quality improvement; Telephone medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; SATISFACTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEMEDICINE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 44649192435     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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