The nurses on a critical care unit can utilize the safety strategy of redundancy by:
A) having two nurses independently check the dosage of high-risk medications.
B) ensuring the antidotes are readily available for certain high-risk medications.
C) introducing equipment that makes it more difficult for a nurse to commit an error.
D) introducing a brief waiting period between the time that a medication is ordered and the time that it is administered.
Ans: A
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Successive checks for certain high risk procedures or events add needed safety redundancy. For example, two registered nurses check the information about the client, and about a blood product about to be administered, to ensure the blood product is the correct one and is safe for the client. The use of antidotes and waiting periods is unrelated to redundancy. Equipment that makes it difficult to commit an error is an example of mistake-proofing.
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