Medication room madness: Calming the chaos

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Conrad, Carole ^a   Fields, Willa ^b   McNamara, Tracey ^a   Cone, Maryann ^a   Atkins, Patricia ^a  

^a SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Outcomes and process assessment; Patient safety; Performance improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CENTRAL SUPPLY, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77949416382     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181c3695d     Document Type: Article

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