The nurse administering medications to a patient realizes that a ...

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The nurse administering medications to a patient realizes that a medication error has been made on the previous shift. The nurse's first action should be to
 
  1. Notify the prescriber immediately and give him or her the name of the nurse who made the error.
  2. Call the nurse who made the error and ask that nurse to fill out an incident report as soon as possible.
  3. Report the error according to facility policy and complete an incident report.
  4. Say nothing because the error has already occurred and cannot be changed.

Question 2

When checking to make sure that he or she is administering the right medication, the nurse should always
 
  1. Check the size, shape, and color of the pills.
  2. Ask the patient to confirm that the medication is the correct one.
  3. Ask the nurse who worked the previous shift to confirm that the medication is the correct one.
  4. Read the label on the medication and compare it with the MAR.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 4