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Managed Care Nursing

Category - Healthcare Management

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A new CMCN has joined the team, and you are the designated preceptor for the new employee. You are reviewing the various reports with the new employee and want to assess their understanding of how medication errors are defined.

Select the option that would indicate the new employee may not understand or have a misunderstanding regarding medication error reporting if they verbalize.

(Choose all that apply)
  1. A patient has poor results or outcomes with the medication is an error
  2. A failure to document the medication is an error
  3. The medication order does not include an administration route is considered an error
  4. The patient refuses the medication is an error
Explanation
Answer: A - The new employee may not understand or have a misunderstanding regarding medication error reporting if she determines that poor results or outcomes with the medication or patient refusal is considered an error.

Poor results or a negative reaction to the medication may be considered an incident; however not a medication reporting error. Patients also have the right to refuse treatment or medications and this is not considered a medication error.
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