Supervising medication administration by undergraduate nursing students: Influencing factors

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 775-784

  Reid Searl, Kerry ^a   Moxham, Lorna ^b   Walker, Sandra ^a   Happell, Brenda ^c  

^a Engineering and Health and Institute for Health and Social Science Research ^*  (Australia)

^b Institute for Health and Social Science Research   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Medication administration; Medication safety; Registered nurse; Supervision; Undergraduate nursing students

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUEENSLAND; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955732581     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03074.x     Document Type: Article

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