A nurse asks the manager why the nursing staff seems to have the bulk of the responsibility for preventing errors in patient care.The manager explains that the primary reason nurses are best situated to recognize and prevent errors is because they:

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Nurses interact with patients on a frequent basis and so are positioned to prevent medical errors as much as 90% of the time.Nurses should play a leadership role in all patient care situations, but this is not the best answer for this question because in many work environments, nurses still take a subservient role.Nurses are taught communication skills in nursing school, but nurses and other health care providers are taught to communicate in very different ways.Nurses do provide some care that is considered risky, such as medication administration, but physicians often provide the riskiest care, such as operations and invasive procedures.

A Nurse Asks the Manager Why the Nursing Staff Seems