Nurse Leader
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 34-37 , December 2007

Incorporating patient safety initiatives into nursing practice

  • Virginia Griffin, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Griffin, RN, BSN, is a nurse manager in the 3 Anderson/Intermediate Coronary Care Unit/Cardiac Surveillance unit at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
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  • Catherine K. Madigan, RN, MSN, CNAA, BC

      Affiliations

    • Catherine K. Madigan, RN, MSN, CNAA, BC, is the director of the Heart Center and Inpatient Oncology for University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill.

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  9. Poniatowski L , Stanley S , Youngberg B . Using information to empower nurse mangers to become champions for patient safety . Nurs Admin Q . 2005;29(1):72–77

PII: S1541-4612(07)00226-1

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2007.09.007

Nurse Leader
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 34-37 , December 2007

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