Professional environment and patient safety in emergency departments

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 150-155

  Lambrou, Persefoni ^a   Papastavrou, Evridiki ^a   Merkouris, Anastasios ^a   Middleton, Nicos ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Nurse; Patient safety; Physician; Professional environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84926465900     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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