Investigating stacking: How do registered nurses prioritize their activities in real-time?

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-393

  Patterson, Emily S ^a   Ebright, Patricia R ^b   Saleem, Jason J ^c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Human factors; Interviews; Nursing; Planning; Prioritization; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

BEST MATCH; HIGH QUALITY; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN CAPITALS; INTERVIEWS; NURSING EDUCATION; OPERATING BUDGETS; PRIORITIZATION; QUALITATIVE; RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; SEVEN-LEVEL; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL;

NURSING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE PLAN; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING PROTOCOL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79958228237     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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