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ap345 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

According to a study of nurses and medication errors using the ethnographic approach, what are nurses doing when error is redefined?

a. Creating a unique definition of error, specific to that particular person
b. Deciding not to report medication errors
c. Determining that the incident did not really happen as stated
d. Eliminating guilt regarding the incident

Question 2

A study investigating how nurses in the health care system looked on medication errors was conducted using the ethnographic approach. Why was this approach particularly appropriate for this study?

a. It asked the nurses what it was like for them when they made a medication error.
b. It explored the theoretical basis of medication administration and medication errors.
c. It improved understanding of how nurses within the hospital define or redefine medication errors.
d. Looking at the history of medication errors helps shed light on current practice.

nathang24 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
By redefining what a medication error means, no guilt is associated with an incident if it can be excluded from that definition.
The researcher found that most nurses agreed with the criteria for redefinition.
The nurse continues to follow professional guidelines requiring that medication errors be reported.
It is the perception that the incident is negative that is being challenged, not that the error occurred.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The ethnographic approach looks at phenomena within a certain culture, in this case the hospital, and seeks to describe how that culture deals with the subject of interest.
Finding out what making a medication error is like for each individual nurse is a phenomenological approach. The ethnographic approach looks at phenomena within a certain culture, in this case the hospital, and seeks to describe how that culture deals with the subject of interest.
Grounded theory is described here, but it is also a questionable statement. The ethnographic approach looks at phenomena within a certain culture, in this case the hospital, and seeks to describe how that culture deals with the subject of interest.
This description indicates a historical approach rather than an ethnographic one. The ethnographic approach looks at phenomena within a certain culture, in this case the hospital, and seeks to describe how that culture deals with the subject of interest.