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Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses
Publication Date: January 2009
Publisher(s): AHRQ; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Topic: Health (Physicians, nurses, and other health personnel)
Type: Report
Abstract:
Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient care—not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes.