Patterns of medical and nursing staff communication in nursing homes: implications and insights from complexity science.

Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric; Natalie Ammarell; Donald Bailey; Kirsten Corazzini; Deborah Lekan-Rutledge; Mary L. Piven; Queen Utley-Smith; Ruth A. Anderson

Study

Patterns of medical and nursing staff communication in nursing homes: implications and insights from complexity science.

July 13, 2010

Colón-Emeric CS, Ammarell N, Bailey D, et al. Qual Health Res. 2006;16(2):173-88.

View more articles from the same authors.

The authors compare communication among nursing home staff in two facilities and discuss how communication patterns affect information flow.

PubMed citation

Available at

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

Effect of promoting high-quality staff interactions on fall prevention in nursing homes: a cluster-randomized trial.

December 22, 2018

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical centers, April-June 2020.

September 23, 2020

Changes in prevalence of health care-associated infections in U.S. hospitals.

November 14, 2018

Operational failures detected by frontline acute care nurses.

July 5, 2017

High fidelity simulation-based training in neonatal nursing.

July 2, 2009

Liquid medication errors and dosing tools: a randomized controlled experiment.

December 14, 2016

Pictograms, units and dosing tools, and parent medication errors: a randomized study.

December 21, 2017

Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of health literacy and English proficiency.

May 31, 2017

Improving prescription drug warnings to promote patient comprehension.

February 14, 2011

Implementation of a mandatory checklist of protocols and objectives improves compliance with a wide range of evidence-based intensive care unit practices.

October 12, 2009

Related Resources

Annual Perspective

Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality

April 26, 2023

Factors differentiating nursing homes with strong resident safety climate: a qualitative study of leadership and staff perspectives.

February 15, 2023

National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being.

September 28, 2022

Communication disparities between nursing home team members.

July 20, 2022

Medication errors during patient transitions into nursing homes: characteristics and association with patient harm.

December 15, 2011

The Medication Manager: results of a medication at the bedside pilot in a pediatric teaching institution.

June 23, 2010

Communication and collaboration: it's about the pharmacists, as well as the physicians and nurses.

June 11, 2010

Assessing resident safety culture in nursing homes: using the nursing home survey on resident safety.

June 2, 2010

Nurse-physician communication in the long-term care setting: perceived barriers and impact on patient safety.

November 25, 2009

Fixing healthcare from the inside, today.

July 20, 2009

See More About The Topic

Long-Term Care

Health Care Providers

Facility and Group Administrators

Organizational Behaviorists

Nurse Care

Patterns of medical and nursing staff communication in nursing homes: implications and insights from complexity science.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Patterns of medical and nursing staff communication in nursing homes: implications and insights from complexity science.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Already have a PSNet

Account?

New Users