Tagged: medication errors
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For attorneys · Nov 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Automated Dispensing Cabinet Records as Evidence
The dispensing cabinet logs every drug a nurse removes, returns or wastes. Matched against the orders and the MAR, it shows whether a medication was given as charted. What the report contains, how to get it and what a nurse checks.
Case types · Nov 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Insulin Errors and Hypoglycemia in the Hospital
Insulin is a high-alert drug, and hospital hypoglycemia usually follows a mismatch between the dose and the patient's food, kidneys or condition. How a nurse reviewer traces it through the MAR, glucose meter data and the protocol.
Case types · Nov 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Missed DVT Prophylaxis: The Nursing Role
Ordering DVT prophylaxis is a provider decision, but giving it is nursing work. What nurses must do and document, the records that show missed doses and idle compression devices, and where causation needs a physician.
Case types · Nov 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Opioid Oversedation and PCA Monitoring Failures
How opioid oversedation develops on a PCA pump, the monitoring a nurse is expected to provide, and the pump logs, flowsheets and monitor data that show whether the warning signs were seen and acted on.
Case types · Nov 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Pediatric Weight-Based Dosing Errors
How pediatric weight-based dosing errors happen, from pounds entered as kilograms to daily doses given all at once, the nurse's role as the last check, and the records that show where the dose went wrong.
Case types · Nov 4, 2026 · 9 min read
Medication Error Nursing Negligence: What the MAR Reveals
The medication administration record (MAR) shows which medications a patient was ordered, which doses nurses documented as given, held or refused, and when. In a medication error nursing negligence case, it is usually the starting point for reconstructing what happened. Read alone, it shows only what was charted. Its value...
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