Are Call Light Use and Response Time Correlated With Inpatient Falls and Inpatient Dissatisfaction?

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-242

  Tzeng, Huey Ming ^a   Yin, Chang Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Call lights; Hospitals; Nursing care; Patient satisfaction; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 69449093446     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181955f30     Document Type: Article

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