When confirming telephone orders or other communication, the LPN/LVN documents:
1. By whom the telephone order was received.
2. By whom the verbal order was received.
3. Agency protocol.
4. 100% read back.
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Rationale: Not all telephone communication involves orders; it can involve laboratory information.
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