A nurse asks a doctor about medication for a patient in a hospital. The doctor accidentally tells the nurse to give the patient the wrong medication, and the nurse follows the doctor’s orders. Which type of medical error has occurred?

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Reducing Medical Errors

A nurse asks a doctor about medication for a patient in a hospital. The doctor accidentally tells the nurse to give the patient the wrong medication, and the nurse follows the doctor’s orders. Which type of medical error has occurred?

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