Developing and testing a tool to measure nurse/physician communication in the intensive care unit

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 80-84

  Manojlovich, Milisa ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^b,c   Forman, Jane ^b   Fletcher, Carol E ^b   Keith, Rosalind ^b   Krein, Sarah ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; health care delivery; nurse physician communication; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79958063682     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182192463     Document Type: Article

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