Article on conviction of a nurse on charges of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect following a fatal medication error emphasizes patient safety and nursing groups’ concern that it may hinder efforts to analyze errors and making systemic changes. The article includes a summary of ISMP comments about the worrisome implications for safety after she was charged.
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