Reexamining fatigue: Implications for nursing practice

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-115

  Graves, Krisanne ^a,c   Simmons, Debora ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Patient Safety Education Project   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Human performance; Nursing leadership; Patient safety; Staffing patterns

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; NURSING PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; BIOENGINEERING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SAFETY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

CAUSALITY; FATIGUE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67649635790     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CNQ.0000348198.16788.df     Document Type: Short Survey

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