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Nurse interrupted: development of a realistic medication administration simulation for undergraduate nurses.

Hayes C, Power T, Davidson PM, Daly J, Jackson D. Nurse Educ Today. 2015;3:981-986.

Interruptions pose a significant safety hazard for health care providers performing complex tasks and increase the risk of errors. This commentary describes a simulated training initiative to help prepare nursing students for experiencing and responding to interruptions during medication administration.

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