Patient safety: Examining the adequacy of the 5 rights of medication administration

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 196-201

  MacDonald, Marilyn ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expressive collaborative model; Medication 5 rights; Patient centered

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77953498789     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e3181e3605f     Document Type: Article

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