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. 2010 Jul-Sep;25(3):240-7.
doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181d5b948.

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

Jackie H Jones  1 , Linda Treiber
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When the 5 rights go wrong: medication errors from the nursing perspective

Jackie H Jones et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

This study describes nurses' perceptions about how and why medication errors occur and their personal experiences with medication errors. A survey was mailed to a random sample of registered nurses. Two hundred and two responded. Of those, 158 (78%) nurses admitted making medication errors and provided details about these errors. This study, by providing the perspective of frontline nurses, contributes to the body of knowledge on medication errors.

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