The work of adult and pediatric intensive care unit nurses

Nursing Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-58

  Douglas, Stephen ^a   Cartmill, Randi ^b   Brown, Roger ^b   Hoonakker, Peter ^b   Slagle, Jason ^c   Schultz Van Roy, Kara ^b,f   Walker, James M ^d   Weinger, Matthew ^c   Wetterneck, Tosha ^b,e   Carayon, Pascale ^b,f  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; job task analysis; nurses; observation; work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CHILD; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84871572633     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e318270714b     Document Type: Article

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