Willingness of nurses to report medication administration errors in Southern Taiwan: A cross-sectional survey

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-245

  Lin, Yu Hua ^a   Ma, Su Mei ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Error; Medication administration; Quality improvement; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; MEDICATION ERROR; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; NURSING CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249122313     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2009.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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