The Nurse Is Reviewing Medication Errors

question 8

Multiple Choice

The nurse is reviewing medication errors. Which situation is an example of a medication error?

• A) A patient refuses her morning medications.
• B) A patient receives a double dose of a medication because the nurse did not cut the pill in half.
• C) A patient develops hives after having started an IV antibiotic 24 hours earlier.
• D) A patient complains of severe pain still present 60 minutes after a pain medication was given.

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Definitions:

Retail Store

A business establishment that sells goods or commodities directly to consumers.

Leakage

In economics, money or income that exits the economy through various channels without returning directly as spending or investment.

Circular Flow

A model in economics that depicts how money and goods move through the economy in a loop between households and firms.

Injection

In economics, a method of adding funds or capital to an economy by government spending or exports; in medicine, it's the act of administering a liquid substance directly into the body through a needle and syringe.