Commentary Addressing medication errors - the role of undergraduate nurse education. Citation Text: Page K, McKinney AA. Addressing medication errors--The role of undergraduate nurse education. Nurse Educ Today. 2007;27(3):219-24. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL August 2, 2006 Page K, McKinney AA. Nurse Educ Today. 2007;27(3):219-24. View more articles from the same authors. The authors discuss factors contributing to medication errors and how increased education in pharmacology for nurses could help reduce such incidents. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Page K, McKinney AA. Addressing medication errors--The role of undergraduate nurse education. Nurse Educ Today. 2007;27(3):219-24. 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