Chinese whispers in the post anaesthesia care unit (PACU)

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Grover, A ^a   Duggan, E ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; RECOVERY ROOM NURSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL HANDOVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IRELAND; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STANDARD;

HUMANS; IRELAND; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING AUDIT; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY ROOM;

EID: 84884367657     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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