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At 2:00 a.m. the night nurse gives a patient 600 mg of ibuprofen according to the standard dosage she has given other patients. When charting the medication, the nurse discovers that this patient's PRN order for ibuprofen calls for administering 400 mg of the drug. What nursing action is indicated?
◦ Just monitor the patient as the dose given is within normal limits.
◦ Notify the physician immediately.
◦ Report the error and complete an incident report.
◦ Chart that 400 mg of ibuprofen was given for pain.
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Marked as best answer by dongbo on Jan 10, 2023

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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