Paradoxical effects of a hospital-based, multi-intervention programme aimed at reducing medication round interruptions.
Tomietto M, Sartor A, Mazzocoli E, et al. Paradoxical effects of a hospital-based, multi-intervention programme aimed at reducing medication round interruptions. J Nurs Manag. 2012;20(3):335-43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01329.x.
This study implemented a set of interventions aimed at reducing nursing interruptions and found mixed effects. Although patients responded to nurses wearing a medication managing garment by decreasing interrpuptions, staff members did not.