Nurses' perceptions of medication errors and their contributing factors in South Korea

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-353

  Kim, Keum Soon ^a   Kwon, So Hi ^b   Kim, Jin A ^c   Cho, Sunhee ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Health Industry Development Institute   (South Korea)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Nurses' perception; Patient safety; Reporting medication errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955029846     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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