Problem: A nurse enters a room to administer a patient's medications, but inadvertently gives them to the other patient in the room. The other patient recognizes that these are not his medications, does not take them, and alerts the nurse so that the medications can be given to the correct patient. This situation is an example of which of the following? Need Online Tutoring? A nurse enters a room to administer a patient's medications, but inadvertently gives them to the other patient in the room. The other patient recognizes that these are not his medications, does not take them, and alerts the nurse so that the medications can be given to the correct patient. This situation is an example of which of the following? An adverse event A sentinel event A near miss A big mistake An error