Patient safety: A literative review on the impact of nursing empowerment, leadership and collaboration

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-21

  Richardson, A ^a,b   Storr, J ^c  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Empowerment; Leadership; Patient safety; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SAFETY;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76449121192     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00757.x     Document Type: Review

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