Time Changes for Scheduled Nursing Assessments: Impact on Clinical Decisions and Patient Discharge

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-33

  Monforto, Kathleen ^a   Figueroa Altmann, Ana ^a   Stevens, Christine ^a   Thiele, Karen ^a   Ely, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing assessments; Pediatric Hospital Management; Quality improvement; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MODEL; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TIME FACTORS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84855325245     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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