Nurses' perceptions: When is it a medication error?

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Osborne, Joan ^a   Blais, Kathleen ^b   Hayes, Janice S ^c  

^a Broward General Medical Center   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; DOSE CALCULATION; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; NURSE; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0033495299     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005110-199904000-00011     Document Type: Review

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