The Daughter of an Older Frail Patient Recovering from Receiving

question 14

Multiple Choice

The daughter of an older frail patient recovering from receiving the wrong medication asks what the hospital can do to prevent this from happening again. How should the nurse respond to the daughter?

• A) "There isn't much that can be done; accidents happen."
• B) "Medication errors sometimes happen because we are so short-staffed."
• C) "The physician's handwriting was misread; we are talking to him about this issue."
• D) "We are discussing installing a bar-code system to identify patients and medications."

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Definitions:

TON Instruction

stands for "Timer ON Delay" in PLC programming, used to activate an output after a predefined time delay once the input becomes true.

Reset (RES)

A command or signal that initiates the restart or reinitialization of a device, system, or software to its default state.

Logic Continuity

Logic continuity refers to the unbroken flow of logical operations or conditions in a system, ensuring that the logical structure is maintained from input through processing to output.

TOF Timer

A "Timer Off-Delay" that starts timing when its input turns off, and after the preset time, changes the state of its output.