Chapter 30 Patient Safety

1. Which of the following statements about medication errors in the NICU is true?

A. Wrong dose is the most common error in the NICU.

B. Because of unit dose dispensing, errors occur less frequently in the NICU.

C. Errors are underreported in the NICU compared with other areas of the hospital.

D. Compared with other areas of the hospital, the NICU has an increased frequency of medication errors, and these errors result in more harm to the patient.

2. Double-checking a medication with another RN before administration is considered an:

A. effective method of reducing medication errors regardless of how it is performed.

B. ineffective method of reducing medication errors.

C. unnecessary step because the pharmacy serves as the double-check.

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