Nurse/physician communication through a sensemaking lens: Shifting the paradigm to improve patient safety

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 941-946

  Manojlovich, Milisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

communication barriers; interdisciplinary communication; physician nurse relations; safety management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSEMAKING; TEAMWORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049340664     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181eb31bd     Document Type: Article

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