NCLEX Acute Coronary Syndrome Practice Exam

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A nurse forgets to administer a client's diuretic and the client experiences an episode of pulmonary edema. The charge nurse would consider the medication error to constitute negligence because the situation contains which element?

Purposeful failure to perform a health care procedure Unintentional failure to perform a health care procedure<img src="https://quizzprep.com/assets/images/wysiwyg/1773632546_Image4.jpg" style="width: 150px;"> Act of substituting a different medication for the one ordered Failure to follow a direct order by a physician

Correct Answer:

Unintentional failure to perform a health care procedure

Explanation:

Negligence is the unintentional failure of an individual to perform or not perform an act that a reasonable person would or would not do in the same or similar circumstances.

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