Study Medical errors recovered by critical care nurses. Citation Text: Dykes PC, Rothschild JM, Hurley A. Medical errors recovered by critical care nurses. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40(5):241-6. doi:10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181da408e. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL June 2, 2010 Dykes PC, Rothschild JM, Hurley A. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40(5):241-6. View more articles from the same authors. This survey of critical care nurses revealed that nurses witness and are involved in preventing a wide variety of errors, nearly one-fourth of which were considered potentially lethal. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Dykes PC, Rothschild JM, Hurley A. Medical errors recovered by critical care nurses. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40(5):241-6. doi:10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181da408e. 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