Nurse burnout predicts self-reported medication administration errors in acute care hospitals.

Aoyjai P Montgomery; Andres Azuero; Marianne B. Baernholdt; Lori A. Loan; Rebecca Miltner; Haiyan Qu; Dheeraj Raju; Patricia A. Patrician

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Nurse burnout predicts self-reported medication administration errors in acute care hospitals.

January 20, 2021

Montgomery AP, Azuero A, Baernholdt MB, et al. J Healthc Qual. 2020;43(1):13-23.

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Excess workload and burnout among nurses can compromise safe patient care and lead to adverse outcomes. This survey of acute care nurses in Alabama identified high levels of nurse burnout; burnout was a significant predictor of medication administration errors. All types of burnout – personal, work-related, and client-related – were significant predictors of self-reported medication administration errors.

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