Nurses' Practice Environments, Error Interception Practices, and Inpatient Medication Errors

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-186

  Flynn, Linda ^a   Liang, Yulan ^b   Dickson, Geri L ^c   Xie, Minge ^d   Suh, Dong Churl ^e  

^a New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c School of Nursing   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Nursing practice environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84861662775     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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