Rework and workarounds in nurse medication administration process: implications for work processes and patient safety.

Jonathon R B Halbesleben; Grant T. Savage; Douglas S. Wakefield; Bonnie J. Wakefield

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Rework and workarounds in nurse medication administration process: implications for work processes and patient safety.

April 21, 2010

Halbesleben JRB, Savage GT, Wakefield DS, et al. Health Care Manag Rev. 2010;35(2):124-133.

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This study used process mapping to identify barriers to efficient medication administration and investigate the workarounds that nurses used in these situations.

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