Understanding the cognitive work of nursing in the acute care environment.

Patricia Potter; Laurie Wolf; Stuart Boxerman; Deborah Grayson; Jennifer Sledge; Clay Dunagan; Bradley Evanoff

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Understanding the cognitive work of nursing in the acute care environment.

October 19, 2005

Potter P, Wolf L, Boxerman S, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2005;35(7-8):327-335.

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The authors of this AHRQ-funded study applied techniques from human factors engineering and observational research to analyze interruptions in the cognitive work of nurses. They found that most interruptions took place during the medication preparation process.

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