Professional commitment, patient safety, and patient-perceived care quality.

Ching-I Teng; Yu-Tzu Dai; Yea-Ing Lotus Shyu; May-Kuen Wong; Tsung-Lan Chu; Ying-Huang Tsai

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Professional commitment, patient safety, and patient-perceived care quality.

September 23, 2009

Teng C-I, Dai Y-T, Shyu Y-IL, et al. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2009;41(3):301-9.

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In this study, higher levels of professional commitment on the part of nurses correlated with higher levels of patient safety and patient-perceived care quality.

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