Understanding situation awareness in nursing work: a hybrid concept analysis.

Mary Cathryn Sitterding; Marion E. Broome; Linda Q. Everett; Patricia R. Ebright

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Understanding situation awareness in nursing work: a hybrid concept analysis.

April 4, 2012

Sitterding MC, Broome ME, Everett LQ, et al. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2012;35(1):77-92.

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This study used semistructured interviews with nurses to attempt to define the concept of situational awareness in bedside nursing.

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