After receiving the wrong medication, the client's breathing stops. The nurse initiates the code protocol, and the client is emergently intubated. As soon as the client's condition stabilizes, the nurse completes an incident report. What should the nurse do next?
a) Place the incident report on the client's chart.
b) Document the incident in the nurses' notes.
c) Document in the nurses' notes that an incident report was completed.
d) Make a copy of the incident report for the client.
Answer: b) Document the incident in the nurses' notes.
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A. do not involve risk of exposure. B. involve tasks such as taking a patient's blood pressure. C. are those that expose a worker to blood, body fluids, or tissues and those that have a chance of spills or splashes. D. do not require any special precautions.