Question

A nurse is caring for an elderly client and realizes she made an error by administering an antibiotic at the drip rate ordered for normal saline. Of the following, which action should occur first?

Accepted Answer

Tell the client that a medication error occurred and about the potential side effects.

Answer

Do nothing. There are no serious risks or side effects to this type of medication error.

Answer

Tell the charge nurse the medication error occurred and that it was due to the previous nurse mislabeling the IV tubing from the antibiotic and normal saline bags.

Answer

File an incident report giving objective data about what happened.

Question 6 - Safety and Infection Control Practice Test for the NCLEX-PN Exam