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Untenable Expectations: Nurses' Work in the Context of Medication Administration, Error, and the Organization.
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- Nurses' Adherence to Double-Checking: A Systematic Review of Influencing Factors, Improvement Strategies, and Their Effectiveness.International nursing review · 2026Pooled it
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- Associations Between Interruptions and Medication Administration Errors Among Nurses in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review of Quantitative Studies.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Nursing Assistant in Italy: The Principle of Delegation of Health Activities and Liability Profiles.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- "It isn't an adverse event": junior nurses' perceptions of adverse events and attribution of causes.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The impact of inpatient medication administration technologies on nursing autonomy and practice: a meta-ethnographic synthesis of the qualitative literature.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025Article
- Intravenous medication administration practices: insights into knowledge, attitude, and behavior of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses in Pakistan.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Nursing Errors in Iranian Nurses: A Mixed Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
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- Undergraduate Nursing Student Perceptions of Clinical Training Approaches: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
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Abstract
We explored nurses' work in the context of medication administration, errors, and the organization. Secondary analysis of ethnographic data included 92 hours of non-participant observation, and 37 unstructured interviews with nurses, administrators, and pharmacists. Think-aloud observations and analysis of institutional documents supplemented these data. Findings revealed the nature of nurses' work was characterized by
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