Nursing home error and level of staff credentials

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-78

  Scott Cawiezell, Jill ^a   Pepper, Ginette A ^b   Madsen, Richard W ^a   Petroski, Greg ^a   Vogelsmeier, Amy ^a   Zellmer, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication error; Na ve observation; Nursing credentials; Opportunities for error

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; UNITED STATES;

CREDENTIALING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 33846012523     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773806295241     Document Type: Article

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