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Title: An RN realizes that she inadvertently gave a patient who was NPO for surgery his otherwise normally ...
Post by: zoebundoc on Jan 20, 2018
An RN realizes that she inadvertently gave a patient who was NPO for surgery his otherwise normally scheduled PO medications. Which action would she take if she were exhibiting professional accountability?
 
  a. Report the error to the charge nurse and follow up with the patient's surgeon.
  b. Report the incident to the charge nurse and blame the co-worker who interrupted her medication pass.
  c. Keep the incident to herself so that the patient's surgery will not be canceled.
  d. Report the incident the next day that she works.


Title: An RN realizes that she inadvertently gave a patient who was NPO for surgery his otherwise normally ...
Post by: lolatmeonthis on Jan 20, 2018
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