Interruptions Experienced by Registered Nurses Working in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Kosits, Lisa ^a   Jones, Katherine ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency nursing; Interruptions; Medication related activities; Tasks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALARM MONITOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG THERAPY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ALARMS; COMMUNICATION; DRUG THERAPY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEW YORK; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78651356358     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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