When the 5 rights go wrong: medication errors from the nursing perspective.

Jackie H. Jones; Linda A. Treiber

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When the 5 rights go wrong: medication errors from the nursing perspective.

July 5, 2013

Jones JH, Treiber LA. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25(3):240-247.

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This survey study found that 78% of nurses admitted to making a medication error, which they attributed to varying contributing factors, including illegible handwriting by physicians.

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