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Infants at risk: when nurse fatigue jeopardizes quality care.
Dean GE, Scott LD, Rogers AE. Adv Neonatal Care. 2006;6:120-126.

The authors discuss nurse fatigue and present two case studies of medication errors committed by tired nurses to illustrate its impact on neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) care.

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