A nurse asks a doctor about medication for a patient in a hospital. The doctor accidentally tells the nurse to give the patient the wrong medication, and the nurse follows the doctor’s orders. Which type of medical error has occurred?
An intern in a hospital reads an image from an X-ray and gives the patient a diagnosis. The image is hard to read, and the intern’s supervisor figures out that the diagnosis was wrong. Which type of medical error has occurred?
✔ NegligenceLack of attentionLack of careNot working
This can lead to a ✔ misdiagnosisdistorted imagemedication errorsurgical error
✔ Direct observationsSupervisionWatchingShadowing
Which of the following are ways to prevent medical errors? Check all that apply.
A student goes to the campus medical center to be examined for her flulike symptoms. The doctor listens to her lungs and diagnoses her with pneumonia. The student only has the flu. Which type of medical error has occurred?
A nurse notices that a patient’s medicine is being administered improperly through an automated machine. What could have been done to prevent this error?
What are some causes of practitioner fatigue? Check all that apply.
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Use the drop-down menus to complete each sentence.A(n) ✔ medical errormedication errorsurgical errorimaging error is a negative or harmful event that occurs in a medical or healthcare setting.
A pregnant woman gets an ultrasound. The ultrasound determines that she is having twins. The woman gives birth and only has one baby. There were never twins. Which type of medical error has occurred?
A doctor takes time each day to observe the work of her intern, talk to him about patients, and assist him with any questions. This is an example of which types of prevention methods? Check all that apply.
What are some causes of negligence? Check all that apply.
It is also referred to as a ✔ safety hazardproblemmistakecaution
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