Information from To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Institute of Medicine, 1999) indicates that at least 44,000 Americans die each year as a result of a medication error. Nurses from which setting could closely apply this information to their personal practice?

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1. To date, the focus has only been on hospital errors.
2. This study focused on hospital errors; however, this does not negate the presence of medical errors in other settings.
3. This study focused on hospital errors; however, this does not negate the presence of medical errors in other settings.
4. This study focused on hospital errors; however, this does not negate the presence of medical errors in other settings.
5. This study focused on hospital errors; however, this does not negate the presence of medical errors in other settings.

Information from to Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health