The Nurse Discovers a Medication Error on Another Nurse's Documentation

question 6

Multiple Choice

The nurse discovers a medication error on another nurse's documentation, so the nurse completes an incident report.Which statement should the nurse include in the report?

• A) "Nurse mistakenly gave the wrong dose of medication for pain."
• B) "Nurse gave incorrect dose of pain medication, but patient is all right."
• C) "Morphine 10 mg IM given rather than morphine 5 mg IM as ordered."
• D) "Physician will be notified of error when he makes rounds tomorrow."

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