Devastatingly human: An analysis of registered nurses' medication error accounts

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1327-1342

  Treiber, Linda A ^a   Jones, Jackie H ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion work; emotions; medication; narrative analysis; nursing; patient safety; sociology; technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 77956516630     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310372228     Document Type: Article

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