Medication error reporting and the work environment in a military setting

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 277-286

  Patrician, Patricia A ^a   Brosch, Laura R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Medication error reporting; Medication errors; Nurse staffing; Nursing work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; MILITARY NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MILITARY NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70349865089     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181afa4cb     Document Type: Article

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