Chronology of medication errors by nurses: Accumulation of stresses and PTSD symptoms

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 873-886

  Rassin, Michal ^a,b   Kanti, Tammy ^a   Silner, Dina ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Nursing Care Management   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26244442622     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840500184566     Document Type: Article

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