A nurse on the unit in an acute care hospital scans the bar codes of a patient's wristband and the medication each time a medication is administered.On occasion, an alert that the medication about to be administered is contra-indicated for the patient is shown.

Answer the following questions

1. Why is this scenario an example of clinical decisionsupport?
2. What would be a benefit of the clinical decisionsupport?
3. What is the role of clinical decision support in thissituation?
4. Why is clinical decision support important at the point ofcare?