Work environment influences adverse events in an emergency department

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Rasmussen, Kurt ^a   Pedersen, Anna Helene Meldgaard ^a   Pape, Louise ^a   Lyngby Mikkelsen, Kim ^b   Madsen, Marlene Dyrløv ^c   Jacob Nielsen, Kent ^a  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b National Agency for Patients' Rights and Complaints   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAMWORK; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DENMARK; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENMARK; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEEDBACK; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL RECORDS; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84899702633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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