'Hands-on' assessment: A useful strategy for improving patient safety in emergency departments

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 212-217

  Jones, Angela ^a   Johnstone, Megan Jane ^a   Duke, Maxine ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Hospital emergency service; Nurses; Nursing assessment; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84940676080     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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