Effects of rounding on patient satisfaction and patient safety on a medical-surgical unit

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 200-206

  Woodard, Jennifer L ^a  

^a MSN   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Patient satisfaction; Rounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849109410     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e3181a8ca8a     Document Type: Article

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