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Title: The nurse in the emergency department miscalculates, and administers the wrong dosage of an antibiot
Post by: BreakFree on Feb 7, 2015
The nurse in the emergency department miscalculates, and administers the wrong dosage of an antibiotic to a 9-month-old baby. As a result, the baby suffers permanent brain damage. Which factor most likely contributed to the error?
1. Lack of adequate oral or written communication
2. Name confusion involving similar-sounding drugs
3. Mislabeled products
4. Human factors


Title: Re: The nurse in the emergency department miscalculates, and administers the wrong dosage of an anti
Post by: ngin on Feb 14, 2015
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Title: Re: The nurse in the emergency department miscalculates, and administers the wrong dosage of an antibiot
Post by: BreakFree on Feb 15, 2015
This question gave me a hard time, problem solved with your reasoning lol


Title: Re: The nurse in the emergency department miscalculates, and administers the wrong dosage of an antibiot
Post by: ngin on Feb 16, 2015
Glad it worked lol