Rural nurses' safeguarding work: reembodying patient safety.

Karen MacKinnon

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Rural nurses' safeguarding work: reembodying patient safety.

June 15, 2011

MacKinnon K. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2011;34(2):119-129.

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Rural hospitals face similar patient safety issues as larger urban facilities, but may need different approaches to improving safety. This qualitative study explores the various patient safety roles assumed by nurses in rural hospitals.

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