A nurse manager is reviewing an incident report submitted by the previous day's charge nurse. The incident report indicates that the wrong IV antibiotic was given to a patient

What is the best way for the nurse manager to address this incident with the nurse involved so that it may be prevented in the future?
a. Provide education to the nurse on how to assess the five rights before medication administration.
b. Punish the nurse for the error by sending her home for the day.
c. Allow the nurse one error, and educate her if the same mistake happens again.
d. Ask the charge nurse to educate the nurse because she caught the error.


ANS: A

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