The nursing supervisor tells a nurse that the medication error the nurse made yesterday has been determined to be a sentinel event. What should the nurse expect to occur? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

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When a medication error is determined to be a sentinel event, it triggers an immediate investigation, interventions to prevent the error from happening again will be quickly implemented, and a root-cause analysis will be conducted to determine the underlying causes of the error. The nurse's employment may or may not be terminated depending on the severity of the error and the nurse's past performance. The nurse's personal malpractice insurance company may be notified depending on the circumstances of the error. Therefore, options A and B are not necessarily correct.

The Nursing Supervisor Tells a Nurse That the Medication Error