Team admission: Changing the way we work

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 35-39

  Homola, Rick ^a   Fuller, Jill ^a  

^a Prairie Lakes Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, TEAM; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOUTH DAKOTA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55249091143     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200811000-00024     Document Type: Review

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