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REVIEW

Work interruptions and their contribution to medication administration errors: an evidence review.

Biron AD, Loiselle CG, Lavoie-Tremblay M. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2009;6:70-86.

STUDY

Medication Administration Time Study (MATS): nursing staff performance of medication administration.

Elganzouri ES, Standish CA, Androwich I. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:204-210.

STUDY

Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? An analysis of associations with safety climate and working conditions.

Taylor JA, Dominici F, Agnew J, Gerwin D, Morlock L, Miller MR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:101-111.

STUDY

Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality.

Trinkoff AM, Johantgen M, Storr CL, Gurses AP, Liang Y, Han K. Nurs Res. 2011;60:1-8.

STUDY

No interruptions please: impact of a no interruption zone on medication safety in intensive care units.

Anthony K, Wiencek C, Bauer C, Daly B, Anthony MK. Crit Care Nurse. 2010;30:21-29.

COMMENTARY

Medication room madness: calming the chaos.

Conrad C, Fields W, McNamara T, Cone M. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;25:137-144.

STUDY

A human factors framework and study of the effect of nursing workload on patient safety and employee quality of working life.

Holden RJ, Scanlon MC, Patel NR, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:15-24.

STUDY

Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals.

Lucero RJ, Lake ET, Aiken LH. J Clin Nurs. 2010;19:2185-2195.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Guidelines for timely medication administration: response to the CMS "30-minute rule."

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 13, 2011;16:1-4.

STUDY

Variations in nursing care quality across hospitals.

Lucero RJ, Lake ET, Aiken LH. J Adv Nurs. 2009;65:2299-2310.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Adverse events: expecting too much of nurses and too little of nursing research.

Jordan S, ed. J Nurs Manag. 2011;19:287-417.

STUDY

Adverse drug events in hospitalized cardiac patients.

Fanikos J, Cina JL, Baroletti S, Fiumara K, Matta L, Goldhaber SZ. Am J Cardiol. 2007;100:1465-1469.

COMMENTARY

2009 National Patient Safety Goals.

Saufl NM. J Perianesth Nurs. 2009;24:114-118.

STUDY

Effects of technological interventions on the safety of a medication-use system.

Skibinski KA, White BA, Lin LI, Dong Y, Wu W. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:90-96.

STUDY

Going blank: factors contributing to interruptions to nurses' work and related outcomes.

Hall LM, Ferguson-Paré M, Peter E, et al. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:1040-1047.

STUDY

The association of shift-level nurse staffing with adverse patient events.

Patrician PA, Loan L, McCarthy M, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:64-70.

STUDY

Safety of using a computerized rounding and sign-out system to reduce resident duty hours.

Van Eaton EG, McDonough K, Lober WB, Johnson EA, Pellegrini CA, Horvath KD. Acad Med. 2010;85:1189-1195.

STUDY

Effects of learning climate and registered nurse staffing on medication errors.

Chang Y, Mark B. Nurs Res. 2011;60:32-39.

STUDY

Nurses relate the contributing factors involved in medication errors.

Tang FI, Sheu SJ, Yu S, Wei IL, Chen CH. J Clin Nurs. 2007;16:447-457.

STUDY

Paradoxical effects of a hospital-based, multi-intervention programme aimed at reducing medication round interruptions.

Tomietto M, Sartor A, Mazzocoli E, Palese A. J Nurs Manag. 2012;20:335-343.

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