Patient safety and quality
Subtitle: an evidence-based handbook for nurses
By: editor, Ronda G. Hughes.
Contributors: Hughes, Ronda.; United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Series: AHRQ publication -- no. 08-0043
Publisher: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rockville, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781587633539; 9781587633546; 9781587633553
Subjects: Nursing -- Safety measures.; Medical care -- Quality control.; Medical errors -- Prevention.; Patients -- Safety measures.
Description: "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/
Notes: "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.

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 .
Table of contents: title: v. 1. section 1, Patient safety and quality ; section 2, Evidence-based practice ; section 3, Patient-centered care; title: v. 2. section 4, Working conditions and environment ; section 5, Critical opportunities for improvement; title: v. 3. section 6, Tools for improvement.