Nurse practitioner-based sign-out system to facilitate patient communication on a neurosurgical service: A pilot study with recommendations

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 329-335

  Rabinovitch, Deborah L ^a   Hamill, Melinda ^b   Zanchetta, Clauda ^b   Bernstein, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER SECURITY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUROSURGERY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEUROSURGERY; NIGHT CARE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING ROUNDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 74049136536     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e3181b6beae     Document Type: Article

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