Interruptions and nursing workload during medication administration process
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1 Interruptions in medication administration –
The nature of today’s healthcare practice makes interruptions, distractions and multi-tasking commonplace, even during complex and high risk tasks.[1,2,3] Interruptions are often cited as a problem in medication safety, particularly in relation to nurses administering medication.[1,4] Previous studies [5,6] suggest an association between interruptions and medication administration errors. While...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1984-0446,0034-7167
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0680