Nurses' clinical reasoning: processes and practices of medication safety.

Geri L. Dickson; Linda Flynn

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Nurses' clinical reasoning: processes and practices of medication safety.

September 28, 2011

Dickson GL, Flynn L. Qual Health Res. 2012;22(1):3-16.

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This study used in-depth interviews with nurses to identify strategies used to avoid medication administration errors.

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