Turning over patient turnover: An ethnographic study of admissions, discharges, and transfers

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 554-566

  Jennings, Bonnie Mowinski ^a   Sandelowski, Margarete ^b   Higgins, Melinda K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Health care quality; Interruptions; Nursing workload; Patient safety; Patient turnover; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERRUPTIONS; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; NURSING WORKLOAD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PATIENT TURNOVER; QUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERRUPTIONS; NURSING WORKLOAD; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TURNOVER; QUALITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887597572     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21565     Document Type: Article

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