Impact of localizing physicians to hospital units on nurse-physician communication and agreement on the plan of care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1223-1227

  O'Leary, Kevin J ^a   Wayne, Diane B ^a   Landler, Matthew P ^a   Kulkarni, Nita ^a   Haviley, Corinne ^b   Hahn, Katherine J ^a   Jeon, Jiyeon ^a   Englert, Katherine M ^a   Williams, Mark V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Hospital; Multidisciplinary; Patient safety; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449524677     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1113-7     Document Type: Article

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