03131cam a2200445 a 4500 17161 17161 15377039 OSt 20161122114551.0 080722s2008 mdu b f001 0 eng d 2008377562 9781587633539 (v. 1) 978587633539 1587633531 (v. 1) 9781587633546 (v. 2) 978587633546 158763354X (v. 2) 9781587633553 (v. 3) 978587633553 1587633558 (v. 3) (OCoLC)ocn237214263 HNC HNC HNC NOH DLC lccopycat RT87.S24 P38 2008 Patient safety and quality : an evidence-based handbook for nurses / editor, Ronda G. Hughes. Rockville, MD : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, [2008] 3 v. ; 28 cm. AHRQ publication ; no. 08-0043 "April 2008." On back cover of: v. 1: AHRQ publication no. 08-0043-1, May 2008, ISBN no.: 978-58763-353-9; v. 2 AHRQ publication no. 08-0043-2, May 2008, ISBN no.: 978-58763-354-6; v. 3 AHRQ publication no. 08-0043-3, May 2008, ISBN no.: 978-58763-355-3. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. v. 1. section 1, Patient safety and quality ; section 2, Evidence-based practice ; section 3, Patient-centered care -- v. 2. section 4, Working conditions and environment ; section 5, Critical opportunities for improvement -- v. 3. section 6, Tools for improvement. "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- 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. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/ Hughes RF (ed.). Patient safety and quality: An evidence-based handbook for nurses. (Prepared with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.) AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2008 . Nursing Safety measures. Medical care Quality control. Medical errors Prevention. Patients Safety measures. Hughes, Ronda. United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS93676 http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/ 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOKS RT 41 .P38 2008