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Title Keeping patients safe : transforming the work environment of nurses / Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety, Board on Health Care Services ; Ann Page, editor.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2004]
©2004

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  610.73 K26K    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 461 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Nursing : inseparably linked to patient safety -- A framework for building patient safety defenses into nurse's work environments -- Nurses caring for patients : who they are, where they work, and what they do -- Transformational leadership and evidence-based management -- Maximizing workforce capability -- Work and workspace design to prevent and mitigate errors -- Creating and sustaining a culture of safety -- Implementation considerations and needed research.
Form Also issued online.
Subject Nursing -- Safety measures.
Work environment -- Safety measures.
Industrial safety.
Nursing errors -- Prevention.
Medical care -- Quality control.
Nurse and patient.
Safety Management -- organization & administration.
Nurse's Role.
Nursing Care -- organization & administration.
Workplace -- organization & administration.
Added Author Page, Ann (Ann E. K.)
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety.
ISBN 0309090679 hardcover
9780309090674 hardcover
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