Not overstepping professional boundaries: the challenging role of nurses in simulated error disclosures.

Lianne Jeffs; Sherry Espin; Lisa Rorabeck; Sarah E. Shannon; Lynne Robins; Wendy Levinson; Thomas H. Gallagher; Olga Gladkova; Lorelei A. Lingard

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Not overstepping professional boundaries: the challenging role of nurses in simulated error disclosures.

September 21, 2011

Jeffs L, Espin S, Rorabeck L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26(4):320-327.

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This study revealed that nurses perceived their role in team-based error disclosure as secondary to balancing professional boundaries.

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