Which are common characteristics of medication errors?(Select all that apply.)
1. Related to professional practice
2. Provider prescribing
3. Patient education
4. Nursing administration
1, 2, 3, 4
Rationale 1:Medication errors can be related to professional practice.
Rationale 2:Medication errors can involve provider prescribing issues such as the wrong medication or wrong amount.
Rationale 3:Medication errors can involve issues around patient education such as giving a pamphlet to a patient who cannot read.
Rationale 4:Medication errors can involve the administration of medication by nurses.
Global Rationale: A medication error is defined as any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer. Such events may be related to professional practice, healthcare products, procedures, and systems, including prescribing; order communication; product labeling,packaging, and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use (NCC MERP, 2016).
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