Reasons for after-hours calls by hospital floor nurses to on-call physicians.

Elmer Bernstam V; Karen K Pancheri; Constance M Johnson; Todd R Johnson; Eric J Thomas; James P Turley

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Reasons for after-hours calls by hospital floor nurses to on-call physicians.

May 30, 2007

Bernstam E, Pancheri KK, Johnson CM, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(6):342-9.

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The researchers identified reasons for after-hours calls to physicians and suggest interventions to help nurses resolve common problems, reduce these calls, and improve communication.

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