Creating a protective picture: A grounded theory of RN decision making when using a charting-by-exception documentation system

MEDSURG Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-118

  Kerr, Noël ^a  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING RECORDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879087406     PISSN: 10920811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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