Teamwork: Building healthier workplaces and providing safer patient care

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-231

  Clark, Paul R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Healthy workplace; Patient safety; Team building; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; ROLE THEORY; STAFF TRAINING; SURGICAL NURSING; TEAM BUILDING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67651021211     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e3181ab923f     Document Type: Review

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