What can a nurse do to identify medication errors in a patient's orders?
1. Ask another nurse what the order says.
2. Check the order in a medication Kardex.
3. Ask the patient about the medication.
4. Identify the medication with an old medication record.
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The nurse is responsible for checking that the medication order is correct. This may mean you need to check the order you have in a medication Kardex.
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