Determine if the errors was skill based slips and lapses; rule-based mistakes; knowledge-based mistakes; and violations of norms and rules.  If the article does not divulge this information, pick one for sake of the paper

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Please beaware that this is the original assignment by myself which i used at the Ashford University course.Please reword or paraphrase the paper. I scored an “A”

Use the Internet and/or the online library to access an article describing a medical error.  In this two to three page paper, make sure you use APA format and at least two sources.

  • Determine if the error was a result of action versus inaction.  Explain your decision.
  • Determine if the errors was skill based slips and lapses; rule-based mistakes; knowledge-based mistakes; and violations of norms and rules.  If the article does not divulge this information, pick one for sake of the paper.
  • Describe one would use the FMEA process to analyze the error and to recommend improvement strategies.

Examples of medical errors include:

  • Surgical events (wrong body part, wrong patient, wrong procedure, retention of foreign object, intra-op/post-op death of a normal, healthy patient)
  • Death or serious disability from product/device
  • Infant discharged to the wrong person
  • Suicide or attempted suicide while being cared for in a healthcare facility
  • Death or serious disability associated with a hemolytic reaction during a blood transfusion
  • Maternal death or serious disability associated with labor or delivery on a low-risk pregnancy while being cared for in a healthcare facility
  • Patient death associated with a fall while being cared for in a healthcare facility
  • Patient death or serious disability associated with the use of restraints or bedrails while being cared for in a healthcare facility

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