Improving patient safety and optimizing nursing teamwork using crew resource management techniques

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-20

  West, Priscilla ^a   Sculli, Gary ^b   Fore, Amanda ^b   Okam, Nwoha ^a   Dunlap, Cleveland ^c   Neily, Julia ^a   Mills, Peter ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MORALE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TEXAS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 83655181362     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e31823c17c7     Document Type: Article

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