If a nurse contacts the physician and the physician gives an inappropriate answer or gives no orders, the nurse should document this by:
a. contacting the supervisor and completing a peer review committee report.
b. completing an incident report and routing the report to the medical ethics committee.
c. completing a physician's order and sending it to the emergency room physician to
obtainorders.
d. documenting the call in the chart, the information relayed, and the fact that no orders
were given.
D
If the physician gives an inappropriate answer or gives no orders, document the call, the information
relayed, and the fact that no orders were given. Peer review pertains to nursing. Completing an
incident report would be appropriate only if the physician hangs up or terminates the call. Completing
a physician's order is illegal without the physician's dictation of orders to the nurse.
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