A new information exchange system for nursing professionals to enhance patient safety across Europe

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-398

  Stievano, Dr Alessandro ^a   Jurado, Máximo González ^a   Rocco, Gennaro ^b,c,d   Sasso, Loredana ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c National Federation IPASVI   (Italy)

^d European Federation of Nursing Regulators FEPI ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f European Federation of Nursing Regulators FEPI   (Italy)

Author keywords

European Council of Nursing Regulators; European nursing mobility; Internal Market Information Project; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; LICENSING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIGRATION; NURSING; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CODES OF ETHICS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; LICENSURE, NURSING; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES, NURSING; TRAVEL;

EID: 70450267361     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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