title: Target high-risk areas for medication errors.
abstract: Medication errors are recently a more frequent basis for successful malpractice cases against nurses. Here, the author provides case examples and high-risk trends.
authors.affiliation: Legal Services/Risk Management Department, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa., USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fiesta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States