ATI RN
ATI Pharmacology Assessment 1 II Questions
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Question 1 of 5
A nurse is teaching a group of newly licensed nurses about the prevention of medication errors. Which of the following factors should the nurse identify as the most frequent cause of fatal medication errors?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C: Name confusion between two medications with similar sounding names. This is the most frequent cause of fatal medication errors because it can lead to administering the wrong medication due to sound-alike drug names. Incorrect packaging (
A) can lead to errors but is less common. Delivery device problems (
B) and incorrect labeling (
D) are serious issues but not as prevalent in causing fatal errors.
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