Relationship between nursing documentation and patients' mortality

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 306-313

  Collins, Sarah A ^a   Cato, Kenrick ^b   Albers, David ^b   Scott, Karen ^c   Stetson, Peter D ^b,c   Bakken, Suzanne ^b   Vawdrey, David K ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA MINING; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ACUITY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; STATISTICS; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; DATA MINING; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACUITY; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84881491154     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2013426     Document Type: Article

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