You Take Your First Telephone Order from a Doctor on Your

question 13

Multiple Choice

You take your first telephone order from a doctor on your first day of work at a nursing home.You carefully write out the order for a medication to be given twice a day,using the abbreviation "b.i.d." in the chart.Your supervisor reviews your notes and informs you that periods should not be used with medical abbreviations.What is her reasoning?

• A)Most electronic medical record systems automatically supply the periods.
• B)Periods are redundant and reduce efficiency.
• C)A poorly written period could be mistaken for the number 1 and cause a medication error.
• D)The amount of effort taken to use periods in abbreviations outweigh the benefits.

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