Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 95-103 , April 2008

Measuring Adverse Outcomes in Inpatient Psychiatry: The Reliability of Nurse Recall

  • Angela M. Gerolamo

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Angela M. Gerolamo, PhD, APRN, BC, Director of Quality Management and Staff Development, Fairmount Behavioral Health System, 561 Fairthorne Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19128.

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 This project was supported by a research fellowship from The National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health (T32NR7104).

PII: S0883-9417(07)00117-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2007.03.004

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 95-103 , April 2008