3. After 3 years of uneventful employment, the nurse made a medication error that resulted in patient injury. What hospital response to this event is ethical?

1. Th e hospital was supportive and assistive as the nurse coped with this event.

2. Th e nurse was dismissed for incompetence.

3. Th e hospital quality department advised the nurse not to tell the patient about the error.

4. Th e nurse was reassigned to an area in which there is no direct patient care responsibility.