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Nursing Error

The view of a nursing error varies widely among nurses. What is your view of a nursing error?

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    I will echo what everyone else has said....this is an impossible question to answer. I guess in its most simple terms "nurse error" is a mistake made be a nurse. Not trying to be a smarta**, but just trying to illustrate it can mean different things for everyone.

    Some ideas: serious (perhaps fatal) med errors, minor med error (e.g. giving 325 mg of ASA instead of 324 mg), forgetting to get VS before discharging a pt, giving an NPO pt something to eat, shutting you finger in the med room door...and about 800,000+ other things.

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