Interruptions in clinical nursing practice.

Erik E. Sørensen; Liselotte Brahe

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Interruptions in clinical nursing practice.

November 6, 2013

Sørensen EE, Brahe L. J Clin Nurs. 2014;23(9-10):1274-82.

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This ethnographic study found that most interruptions nurses experienced were due to brief conversations with other nurses.

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