Nurses' workarounds in acute healthcare settings: A scoping review

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Debono, Deborah S ^a   Greenfield, David ^a   Travaglia, Joanne F ^a,b   Long, Janet C ^a   Black, Deborah ^c   Johnson, Julie ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deviation; First order problem solving; Patient safety; Procedural failure; Short cut; Violation; Workaround

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; BURNOUT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSES; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORK SIMPLIFICATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84877275092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-175     Document Type: Review

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