Nursing practice is constantly evolving and moral

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Overall, nursing practice is constantly evolving, moral/ethical distress occurs, especially in medication errors. As a nurse the responsibility to care, and avoid harm, however when medication errors occur it can lead to mistrust, guilt and distress with the nurse. However, nurses can use errors as a way of learning, and identifying ways to prevent errors. Medication errors can be prevented through education and training. In addition, with technology advancing medication administration can be done through scanning and verifying using barcodes which prevents error from occuring.

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