Nurse aides' ratings of the resident safety culture in nursing homes.

Nicholas G. Castle

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Nurse aides' ratings of the resident safety culture in nursing homes.

September 27, 2006

Castle NG. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18(5):370-6.

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The author used the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Hospital Patient Safety Culture Survey to explore nursing home staff attitudes about safety culture and found resident safety culture to be underdeveloped.

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