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[email protected]. [". J..9 , no 2l)J N g0 A NEWSLETTER FOR THE GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ••• National nursing study details errors A major nationwide study co-authored by a one example, a and patient assignments are areas that need Grand Valley nursing professor provides the nurse reported further examination." first detailed description of the nature and a 90-minute prevalence of errors by hospital staff nurses. delay in giving According to participants in the study, Last summer, the research team released a medications to frequent interruptions from staff, students, or study that found the long hours worked by one patient and even the telephone made administering hospital staff nurses may have adverse effects a 40-minute medications and carrying out other on patient safety. In this follow-up study, the delay to patient-care activities challenging.