Medication Errors

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This paper explains that medication errors extend to the very core issues of nursing. The author points out that the nurse and preceptor, who made the medication error in this case, involves the nursing student by asking her to ignore the error and say nothing. The paper relates that it is very clear that this individual is not suitable to be a nurse or a preceptor and that she should be reported.

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"Every situation involving a medication error is a serious matter and a potential legal case (Smetzer, 1998). Medication errors extend to the very core issues of nursing. The most pertinent of those issues is accountability. "In the legal sense, if one is accountable, one is liable to be called to account for the extent to which the actions taken were consistent with the nurse's responsibilities" (Snowdon & Rajacich, 1993, p. 5). In this situation (#2), only two options are available. As will be demonstrated, the only option which conforms to the concept of accountability is the second choice."

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