A nurse is reviewing the six rights of medication administration. Which medication order is written correctly?
a. Regular insulin 10 units SubQ q AM
b. Regular insulin 10U subQ q AM
c. Regular insulin 10 units SQ q AM
d. Regular insulin 10.0 units subQ q AM
ANS: A
Regular insulin 10 units SubQ q AM is correct, because it uses correct and approved abbreviations.
Units should be written out; the use of "U" is incorrect, because it is an unapproved abbreviation.
SQ is not an approved abbreviation; SubQ should be used instead.
The use of a trailing zero is no longer approved; 10.0 should be written as 10.
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