Directions: for Each of the Following Medication-Related Errors, Select the Patient

question 7

Multiple Choice

Directions: 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: Potassium Chloride (KCl) 20 mEq verbal order during a bedside emergency to be added to IV infusion solution, and atropine 0.5 mg to be given by direct IV (directly into the vein) . Both medications were prepared by Nurse A.
Given: KCl 20 mEq in syringe directly into the vein by nurse B, who was handed two unmarked syringes by nurse A, who verbally identified them.

• A) Right patient
• B) Right drug
• C) Right time
• D) Right dose
• E) Right route

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

A condition where two events cannot both occur at the same time; the occurrence of one event excludes the possibility of the other.

Simultaneously

Occurring, operating, or done at the same time.

Outcomes

Outcomes refer to the results or effects of an action, intervention, or experiment, often used in the context of assessing the effectiveness of a particular strategy or treatment.

Probability

The measure of the chance that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.