As the nurse is coming on duty to take over the day shift, the night nurse tells the nurse that she has already counted the controlled drugs for the day shift. What should the nurse do in this situation?
a. Do nothing; this is standard procedure.
b. Accept the keys and recount the drugs.
c. Recount the drugs with another nurse.
d. Count the drugs at the end of your shift.
ANS: C
At the end of each shift, the contents of the locked cabinet are counted together by one nurse from each shift. A nurse who is willing to take the word of another nurse from the previous shift, without verifying the count, risks being held accountable for any shortages or discrepancies, and may be found guilty of falsifying records. If you go along with her, you are falsifying records.
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