title: When the 5 rights go wrong: medication errors from the nursing perspective.
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.
authors.affiliation: WellStar School of Nursing, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, USA. jjone229@kennesaw.edu
authors.forename: Jackie H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Treiber
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload