Safety as a criterion for quality: The Critical Nursing Situation Index in paediatric critical care, an observational study.

Marjorie de Neef; Albert P Bos; Dirk Tol

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Safety as a criterion for quality: The Critical Nursing Situation Index in paediatric critical care, an observational study.

November 4, 2009

de Neef M, Bos AP, Tol D. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2009;25(6):341-7.

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This study describes the Critical Nursing Situation Index (CNSI), an observational tool that identifies deviations from safe practice, and focuses on potential nursing errors before they occur.

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