Environmental noise sources and interventions to minimize them a tale of 2 hospitals

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-224

  Overman Dube, Joyce A ^a   Barth, Melissa M ^a   Cmiel, Cheryl A ^a   Cutshall, Susanne M ^a   Olson, Shelly M ^a   Sulla, Stephanie J ^a   Nesbitt, Jeffrey C ^a   Sobczak, Steven C ^a   Holland, Diane E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental noise; Hospitalization; Inpatients; Interventions; Noise reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOISE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MINNESOTA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOISE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 53449100707     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ncq.0000324585.68966.51     Document Type: Article

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