Strategies used by critical care nurses to identify, interrupt, and correct medical errors

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 500-509

  Henneman, Elizabeth A ^a   Gawlinski, Anna ^b   Blank, Fidela S ^c,d   Henneman, Philip L ^c,d   Jordan, Deovina ^e   McKenzie, Janice B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; RECORDING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CRITICAL CARE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TAPE RECORDING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78249259350     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2010167     Document Type: Article

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