Paediatric nurses' understanding of the process and procedure of double-checking medications

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 728-735

  Dickinson, Annette ^a   McCall, Elaine ^b   Twomey, Bernadette ^c   James, Natalie ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Error; Medication; Nurses; Nursing; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PEDIATRIC NURSING; SAFETY;

FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955720558     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03130.x     Document Type: Article

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