Medication management in municipality-based healthcare: A time and motion study of nurses

Home Healthcare Now

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 238-246

  Holmqvist, Malin ^a   Ekstedt, Mirjam ^b,c   Walter, Scott R ^d   Lehnbom, Elin C ^b,e  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MOTION; NURSE; NURSING HOME; SWEDEN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING, PRIVATE DUTY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORK SIMPLIFICATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85049516407     PISSN: 23744529     EISSN: 23744537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000000671     Document Type: Article

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