What to do if you make a medication error
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What to do if you make a medication error

Mandy Day-Calder Freelance writer and health/life coach

You have a duty of candour if you make a professional error. Here’s how to handle the situation

Picture the scene: it’s 1pm, you are tired and hungry. You have been on your feet since you walked onto the ward at 7.30am, yet you are barely halfway through your shift.

Nursing Standard. 33, 6, 54-54. doi: 10.7748/ns.33.6.54.s24

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