An observational study of activities and multitasking performed by clinicians in two Swedish emergency departments

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 246-251

  Berg, Lena M ^a,b   Ehrenberg, Anna ^c   Florin, Jan ^c   Östergren, Jan ^a,b   Göransson, Katarina E ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

activities; Emergency Service hospital; medical errors; multitasking; nurse clinicians; observations; patient safety; physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICAL NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTERED NURSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863580012     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32834c314a     Document Type: Article

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