Neonatal intensive care unit safety culture varies widely

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Profit, Jochen ^a,b,c   Etchegaray, Jason ^d   Petersen, Laura A ^b,c   Sexton, J Bryan ^e   Hysong, Sylvia J ^b,c   Mei, Minghua ^b,c   Thomas, Eric J ^d  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL SAFETY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGEMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAFETY ATTITUDES QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; TEAMWORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858295647     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300635     Document Type: Article

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