ICU should improve the night-time hospital

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 284-287

  O'Leary, Ronan ^a   Strange, John ^b   Mckimm, Amy ^c   Gantner, Dashiell ^d   Mcclure, Jason ^c   Roodenburg, Owen ^c  

^a Yorkshire Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^b Dual CCT Specialty Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Leadership; Night care; Personnel staffing; Training

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEADERSHIP; MODEL; NIGHT WORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TEAMWORK; TRAINING; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84886284807     PISSN: 17511437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/175114371301400402     Document Type: Editorial

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