Beyond the Five Rights: Improving Patient Safety in Pediatric Medication Administration Through Simulation

Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Pauly O'Neill, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

pediatric medication administration training; pediatric medication error reduction strategy; pediatric simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049142559     PISSN: 18761399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2009.05.059     Document Type: Article

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