A nurse completes an incident report after finding 3% saline infusing instead of 0.9% normal saline on a client after the change-of-shift report. The nurse completes an incident report and charts the error in the medical record. Which of the following situations could occur as a result of this error?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

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Question

A nurse completes an incident report after finding 3% saline infusing instead of 0.9% normal saline on a client after the change-of-shift report. The nurse completes an incident report and charts the error in the medical record.  Which of the following situations could occur as a result of this error? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

The nurse who hung the 3% saline could be reported to the nursing regulator for unsafe nursing practice.

Answer

The nurse manager should have followed up with client care because they are also legally responsible for the mistake

Answer

The reporting nurse is also responsible for the error once it is reported.

Answer

The nurse who hung the 3% saline is immune to discipline because an incident report was completed.

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