Nurses' medication work: what do nurses know?

Louise Folkmann; Janet Rankin

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Nurses' medication work: what do nurses know?

November 17, 2010

Folkmann L, Rankin J. J Clin Nurs. 2010;19(21-22):3218-26.

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This review discusses nursing medication work in the context of biomedical science, law, management, technology, and patient safety.

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