Going blank: factors contributing to interruptions to nurses' work and related outcomes.

Linda McGillis Hall; Mary Ferguson-Paré; Elizabeth Peter; Debbie White; Jeanne Besner; Anne Chisholm; Ella Ferris; Marla Fryers; Martha Macleod; Barb Mildon; Cheryl Pedersen; Aislinn Hemingway

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Going blank: factors contributing to interruptions to nurses' work and related outcomes.

September 24, 2016

Hall LMG, Ferguson-Paré M, Peter E, et al. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18(8):1040-7.

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This mixed-methods study characterized the types of interruptions that occur in nurses' daily workflow on medical and surgical units. Most interruptions were by other members of the care team, particularly on medical units.

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