As a Pediatric Nurse, You Forget to Open the Clamp

question 5

Multiple Choice

As a pediatric nurse, you forget to open the clamp on an intravenous electrolyte replacement solution to correct a significant serum depletion. What type of error have you committed?

• A) Act of omission
• B) Act of commission
• C) Scheduling misperception
• D) Noncompliance on the part of the family or child

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