Healthcare safety for nursing personnel : an organizational guide to achieving results

Summary: Nursing personnel play an integral role in healthcare and medical delivery organizations. Nurses not only work to keep patients safe, but must also contend with a number of safety and health risks. Illustrating the occupational risks nurses face, Healthcare Safety for Nursing Personnel: An Organizational Guide to Achieving Results addresses healthcare safety as related to nursing personnel risks, hazards, and responsibilities in hospitals and healthcare facilities.

Record details

ISBN: 9781482230277 (bound)
ISBN: 1482230275
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 341 pages ; 27 cm
Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Productivity Press book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Nursing safety -- Leadership and management overview -- Nursing hazards -- Patient safety -- Emergency management and fire safety -- Hazardous materials -- Infection control and prevention -- Radiation, lab, and drug hazards -- Agencies, associations, and organizations.