Medication administration errors from a nursing viewpoint: A formal consensus of definition and scenarios using a Delphi technique

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 412-423

  Shawahna, Ramzi ^a   Masri, Dina ^a   Al Gharabeh, Rawan ^a   Deek, Rawan ^a   Al Thayba, Lama ^a   Halaweh, Masa ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Consensus; Definition of error; Delphi technique; Medication administration errors; Medication errors; Nursing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PALESTINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIST; ADULT; BENCHMARKING; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84955757963     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13062     Document Type: Article

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