A Provider Is Attempting to Give a Verbal Medication Order

question 5

Multiple Choice

A provider is attempting to give a verbal medication order to a nurse in the hallway outside the patient's room. Which of these actions by the nurse is the most appropriate?

• A) The nurse writes the order down on a piece of scratch paper in her pocket.
• B) The nurse refuses to take the order and walks away.
• C) The nurse acknowledges the order, but asks the provider to make sure to write the order in the patient's medical record before leaving.
• D) The nurse repeats the order back to the physician, hoping to remember it to write it down later.

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