Study: Nurses Intercept Medication Errors More When in Supportive Environment

A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study found nurses intercept medication errors more when in a supportive environment, such as one that features collaboration between physicians and nurses.

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The study, published in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, examined the environment and nurses’ error interception practices at 82 medical-surgical units in 14 New Jersey acute-care hospitals over eight months.

Click here to read the full story in Becker’s Hospital Review on nurses and medication errors.

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