The content and context of change of shift report on medical and surgical units

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 393-398

  Staggers, Nancy ^a   Jennings, Bonnie Mowinski ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Health Care Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOISE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; SEMANTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NOISE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMANTICS; TAPE RECORDING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTAH;

EID: 70349325688     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181b3b63a     Document Type: Article

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