Effects of mental workload on nurses' visual behaviors during infusion pump operation

Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-56

  Kataoka, Jun ^a   Sasaki, Minako ^b   Kanda, Katsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual tasking; Medication administration error; Nursing; Time pressure; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; JAPAN; MALE; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; JAPAN; MALE; NURSES;

EID: 79957492669     PISSN: 17427932     EISSN: 17427924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2010.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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