Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department Nurses' Descriptions of Working Together: Building Team Relationships to Improve Safety

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Simmons, Debora ^a,b,c   Sherwood, Gwen ^d  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurses' perceptions; Qualitative analysis; Safety; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954841832     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2010.03.007     Document Type: Review

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