Healthcare Safety for Nursing Personnel: An Organizational Guide to Achieving Results.

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Healthcare Safety for Nursing Personnel: An Organizational Guide to Achieving Results.

February 4, 2015

Tweedy JT. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2014. ISBN: 9781482230277.

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This publication provides information about the role of nurses in health care safety and explores how organizational dynamics, leadership, and hazard identification can affect the abilities of frontline nurses to deliver safe care. Helpful resources such as checklists, sample control plans, and review exercises are also included.

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