Before administering a medication, the nurse must verify the rights of medication administration, which include:
1) right patient, right room, right drug, right route, right dose, and right time.
2) right drug, right dose, right route, right time, right physician, and right documentation.
3) right patient, right drug, right route, right time, right documentation, and right equipment.
4) right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, right time, and right documentation.
ANS: 4
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