Nurses should implement strategies to prevent medication errors. Which strategies would be the most beneficial for reducing common errors?
1. Strategies to prevent wrong dosage errors
2. Strategies to prevent wrong route errors
3. Strategies to prevent wrong medication errors
4. Strategies to prevent wrong patient errors
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale: The most common reported medication errors involve errors related to the wrong dose.
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