For Each of the Following Medication-Related Errors, Select the Patient

question 21

Essay

For each of the following medication-related errors, select the patient "right" that was violated (select a, b, c, d, or e for each). Use pharmacology text references if needed. After your selection, discuss the clinical implications and preventive measures you will take in your practice to avoid such errors.

-Ordered: Large amount of narcotic prescribed for Mr. Smith, room 403, bed A, who is a patient of Dr. Davis, whose name was noted on the chart and in the narcotic record. Mr. Smith is a patient with a terminal illness and has been receiving increasingly large amounts of pain medication for the past 2 months.
Given: Large amount of narcotics to Mr. Davis, an underweight patient of another physician, room 403, bed B. Mr. Davis had never received a narcotic medication before.

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