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 Content hidden
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
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