When a Health-Care Professional Takes a Verbal Order from a Prescriber

question 9

Multiple Choice

When a health-care professional takes a verbal order from a prescriber, what else should be done?

• A)Read the order back to the prescriber to verify accuracy.
• B)Have the prescriber sign the order as soon as possible.
• C)Wait to follow the order until it is signed, even if it is an emergency.
• D)Read the order back to the prescriber for accuracy and have the order signed as soon as possible by the prescriber.

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Definitions:

Check 21 Act

A U.S. federal law that facilitates check truncation by creating a new type of negotiable instrument called a substitute check.

Electronically

Refers to processes, transactions, or communications that are conducted using electronic devices or over the internet.

Mandatory

Required or obligatory, implying that it must be done or adhered to without choice.

Stop-payment Order

A request made to a bank by an account holder not to pay out on a check or payment that has been issued but not yet processed.