Situation Awareness and Interruption Handling During Medication Administration

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 891-916

  Sitterding, Mary Cathryn ^a   Ebright, Patricia ^b   Broome, Marion ^b   Patterson, Emily S ^c   Wuchner, Staci ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive work of nursing; interruptions; medication safety; situation awareness

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WORKLOAD;

AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84912053921     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945914533426     Document Type: Article

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