Causes and Occurrences of Interruptions During ED Triage

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 434-439

  Johnson, Kimberly D ^a   Motavalli, Michele ^b   Gray, Dean ^c   Kuehn, Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Clear Insights LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency nursing; Interruptions; Triage

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TIME FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84926249975     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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