Ensuring a proactive, evidence-based, patient safety approach to patient assessment

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 300-307

  Considine, Julie ^a   Currey, Judy ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Deteriorating patient; Patient assessment; Patient safety; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; VITAL SIGN;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84926212210     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12641     Document Type: Note

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