Interruptions and multitasking in nursing care.
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Summary
Although there was no significant relationship between interruptions, multitasking, and patient errors, the results of this study show that nurses' work environment is complex and error prone.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2010-03-01
- Cited by
- 206
- References
- 28
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Keywords
Human multitasking, Medicine, Patient safety, Nursing, Inter-rater reliability
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