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taking a telephone order for a medication, which action by the nurse is most appropriate? • Verify the order with the charge nurse. • Ask the pharmacist to double-check the order. • Call back the prescriber to review the order. • Repeat the order to the prescriber before hanging up the telephone.
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61. During a period when the computerized medication order system was down, the prescriber wrote admission orders, and the nurse is transcribing them. The nurse is having difficulty transcribing one order because of the prescriber's handwriting. Which is the best action for the nurse to take at this time? • Ask a colleague what the order says. • Wait until the prescriber makes rounds again to clarify the order. • Contact the prescriber to clarify the order. • Ask the patient what medications he takes at home.
42. The medication order reads, "Give ondansetron 4 mg, 30 minutes before beginning chemotherapy to prevent nausea." The nurse notes that the route is missing from the order. What is the nurse's best action? 1.25 Points • Hold the medication until the prescriber returns to make rounds. • Give the medication intravenously because the patient might vomit. • Give the medication orally because the tablets are available in 4-mg doses. • Contact the prescriber to clarify the route of the medication ordered.
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