Perspectives of staff nurses toward patient- and family-initiated call light usage and response time to call lights

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-63

  Tzeng, Huey Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TIME FACTORS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957292722     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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