Interruptions during nurses' work: a state-of-the-science review.

Susan G. Hopkinson; Bonnie Mowinski Jennings

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Interruptions during nurses' work: a state-of-the-science review.

September 24, 2016

Hopkinson SG, Jennings BM. Res Nurs Health. 2013;36(1):38-53.

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Although recent research has focused on reducing interruptions during acute care nurses' work, this review found little evidence to support the notion that decreasing such interruptions would benefit patient outcomes.

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