Barriers to nurses' reporting of medication administration errors in Taiwan.

Hui-Ying Chiang; Ginette A. Pepper

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Barriers to nurses' reporting of medication administration errors in Taiwan.

January 10, 2007

Chiang H-Y, Pepper GA. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2006;38(4).

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The authors explored how work environment characteristics, demographics, and cultural traits affect the reporting of medication errors by Taiwanese nurses in one hospital and found that fear and administrative barriers negatively influenced this group.

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