Nurses As Knowledge Workers: Is There Evidence of Knowledge in Patient Handoffs?

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-190

  Matney, Susan A ^a,b   Maddox, Lory J ^a,c   Staggers, Nancy ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

content analysis; knowledge; nursing informatics; patient handoff

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL HANDOVER; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING STAFF; VALIDATION STUDY;

KNOWLEDGE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT HANDOFF;

EID: 84891623240     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945913497111     Document Type: Article

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