Factors determining hospital nurses' failures in reporting medication errors in Taiwan

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Chiang, Hui Ying ^a   Lin, Shu Yuan ^a   Hsu, Su Chen ^a   Ma, Shu Ching ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 74549137436     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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