Personal nursing care experiences provide lessons on patient safety.

Helen Starbuck Pashley

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Personal nursing care experiences provide lessons on patient safety.

August 17, 2011

Pashley HS. AORN J. 2011;94(2):194-8.

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This commentary discusses a case in which a nurse served as a patient advocate for her mother and offers suggestions for nurses and physicians to improve patient safety.

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