Interruptions of nurses’ activities and patient safety: An integrative literature review

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 169-179

  Monteiro, Cintia ^a,b   Avelar, Ariane Ferreira Machado ^a   Da Luz Gonçalves Pedreira, Mavilde ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Oncologia Pediatrica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human Engineering; Nursing; Patient Safety

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NURSING; PATIENT SAFETY; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; NURSING; PATIENT SAFETY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84925746570     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: 15188345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0104-1169.0251.2539     Document Type: Article

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