What is the responsibility of a charge nurse who discovers that a medication error was made on the previous shift?
A) Share that information with the charge nurse on the previous shift
B) Document the incident as per hospital policy
C) Write a memo to the nurse who made the error requesting incident report be written
D) Write a note in the client's chart that an incident report will be completed
Ans: B) Document the incident as per hospital policy
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