Enhancing patient safety: The importance of direct supervision for avoiding medication errors and near misses by undergraduate nursing students

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-232

  Reid Searl, Kerry ^a   Moxham, Lorna ^a   Happell, Brenda ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medication administration; Medication error; Nursing education; Nursing student

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING STUDENT; SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUEENSLAND; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 77958098044     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2010.01820.x     Document Type: Article

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