Identifying and correcting communication failures among health professionals working in the Emergency Department

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 168-172

  Bagnasco, Annamaria ^a   Tubino, Barbara ^b   Piccotti, Emanuela ^b   Rosa, Francesca ^a   Aleo, Giuseppe ^a   Di Pietro, Pasquale ^b   Sasso, Loredana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication failures; Non technical skills; Paediatric Emergency Department; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION FAILURES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MALE; NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

COMMUNICATION FAILURES; NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS; PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SAFETY;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880046138     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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