Nursing-sensitive safety and quality outcomes: the taming of a wicked problem?

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-151

  Harris, Marcelline ^a   Vanderboom, Catherine ^a   Hughes, Ronda ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 65449174395     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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