The criminalization of mistakes in nursing.

Nayna C Philipsen

Commentary

The criminalization of mistakes in nursing.

December 7, 2011

Philipsen NC. J Nurs Pract. 2011;7(9):719-726.

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This commentary describes how treating medical mistakes in a punitive manner could have a detrimental effect on safe nursing practice and learning from error.

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