Assessing resident safety culture in nursing homes: Using the nursing home survey on resident safety

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-67

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Wagner, Laura M ^d   Perera, Subashan ^b   Ferguson, Jamie C ^e   Handler, Steven M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^e GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrator manager; Nursing homes; Resident safety culture; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953141346     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181bc05fc     Document Type: Review

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