Linking nurse characteristics, team member effectiveness, practice environment, and medication error incidence.

Tracy Fasolino; Rita Snyder

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Linking nurse characteristics, team member effectiveness, practice environment, and medication error incidence.

January 25, 2012

Fasolino T, Snyder R. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27(2):E9-16.

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This qualitative study explored the associations between nursing work environment and the incidence of medication errors and concluded that more experienced nurses were less prone to committing medication errors.

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