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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 similarities in drug names, resulting in serious harm to the patient. This type of error is known as a "sound-alike, look-alike" medication error and is a significant risk factor in healthcare settings. Incorrect packaging (
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A) can also lead to errors but is less common in causing fatal medication errors compared to name confusion. Delivery device problems (
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B) and incorrect labeling (
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D) are important factors contributing to medication errors but are not as frequently associated with fatal errors as name confusion.

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