Work pressure and patient flow management in the emergency department: Findings from an ethnographic study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1045-1052

  Nugus, Peter ^a   Holdgate, Anna ^b   Fry, Margaret ^c   Forero, Roberto ^a   McCarthy, Sally ^d   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT FLOW MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK PRESSURE; WORKLOAD;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BED OCCUPANCY; CROWDING; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TRIAGE;

EID: 80054710459     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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