(How) do we learn from errors? A prospective study of the link between the ward's learning practices and medication administration errors.

A. Drach-Zahavy; A. Somech; H. Admi; I. Peterfreund; H. Peker; O. Priente

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(How) do we learn from errors? A prospective study of the link between the ward's learning practices and medication administration errors.

August 21, 2013

Drach-Zahavy A, Somech A, Admi H, et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2014;51(3):448-57.

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Supervisory learning, in which senior nurses monitored and provided feedback for junior nurses, was associated with a lower risk of medication administration errors in this Israeli study.

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