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Mrs. Star in room 129-1 requests a prn pain medication. The nurse administered Mrs. Star’s pain medication to Mrs. Start in room 138-2. After the nurse assessed Mrs. Start and reported the incident to the health care provider, the nurse reviewed the patients’ MAR and determined that both Mrs. Star and Mrs. Start had orders for the same pro pain” medication. Fortunately, Mrs. Start’s order stated she could receive pain raedication every 4 hours, and 5 hours had elapsed since her last dose. Since neither patient was harmed by the error, why should the nurse complete an incident report? geoquad In this case, it would be unnecessary to complete an incideat report. geoquad The wram should complete the report to the agency can trep track of which nurses are making the most errors. geoquad The nurse should do so to provide documentation should legal action be taken. geoquad The reme should do se to determine why be minkshe occurred and what can be done to svoid similar errors in the future.