Addressing the nursing work environment to promote patient safety.

Laura Lin; Bryan A Liang

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Addressing the nursing work environment to promote patient safety.

February 7, 2007

Lin L, Liang BA. Nurs Forum. 2007;42(1):20-30.

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The authors assess factors in the work environment that can affect nurses' ability to provide safe care and suggest reforms necessary to better address safety challenges.

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