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Decision-making processes used by nurses during intravenous drug preparation and administration.
Dougherty L, Sque M, Crouch R. J Adv Nurs. 2012;68:1302-1311.

This ethnographic study analyzes the methods nurses use to avoid medication administration errors and work environment factors that facilitate errors.
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