Nurses' attitudes to single checking medications: Before and after its use

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 377-382

  O'Connell, Bev ^a   Crawford, Sharyn ^b   Tull, Andrea ^c   Gaskin, Cadeyrn J ^d  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Southern Health   (Australia)

^d Cabrini Deakin Centre for Nursing Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Medication errors; Medication systems; Nurses; Single checking

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38749099513     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2007.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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