Management of CarePregunta 15 de 120
The nurse identifies a near-miss medication error that did not reach the client. What is the appropriate action?
a.Ignore it because the client was not harmed
b.Record it in the client's medical record as an error
c.Complete an incident and occurrence report to support system improvement
d.Report it directly to the state licensing board
Explicación
Near-miss and error events are documented on an incident report for quality improvement. The report is not filed in the medical record, and licensing boards address serious professional issues only.
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