Errors in medication orders and the nursing staff's reports in medical notes of children

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 33-40

  Valizadeh, Fatemeh ^a,b   Ghasemi, Syedeh Fatemeh ^a   Najafi, Seyed Saeid ^a   Delfan, Bahram ^a   Mohsenzadeh, Azam ^a  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Nursing and Midwifery Faculty   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drug interaction; Drug order; Medication error; Medication order; Nursing staff's report

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; IRAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE;

EID: 63049109815     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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