Decision-making processes used by nurses during intravenous drug preparation and administration

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1302-1311

  Dougherty, Lisa ^a   Sque, Magi ^b   Crouch, Rob ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Drug errors; Intravenous; Observation; Patient identification; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84860332822     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05838.x     Document Type: Article

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