Interruptions and Pediatric Patient Safety

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-175

  McGillis Hall, Linda ^a   Pedersen, Cheryl ^a   Hubley, Pam ^b   Ptack, Elana ^a   Hemingway, Aislinn ^a   Watson, Carolyn ^a   Keatings, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interruptions; Nursing work environments; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CANADA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NOISE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NOISE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77951297993     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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