Weaving a healthcare tapestry of safety and communication.

James Hay; Susan Collin; Suzy Koruth

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Weaving a healthcare tapestry of safety and communication.

July 16, 2014

Hay J, Collin S, Koruth S. Nurs Manage. 2014;45(7):40-6.

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This commentary describes how a medical-surgical unit developed an initiative that combined nursing theory, compassion, clinical nurse leadership, and crew resource management to bolster implementation of a morning briefing to improve safety culture and staff communication.

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