Chronology of medication errors by nurses: accumulation of stresses and PTSD symptoms.

Michal Rassin; Tammy Kanti; Dina Silner

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Chronology of medication errors by nurses: accumulation of stresses and PTSD symptoms.

October 19, 2005

Rassin M, Kanti T, Silner D. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2005;26(8):873-86.

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The authors interviewed nurses who have committed errors to identify emotional reactions and effects on the practitioner over time.

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