The nurse approaches a group of patients, one of whom is to receive a dose of medication. Which is the best method for the nurse to identify the patient needing the medication?
a. Question the entire group by calling for the specific patient.
b. Request that the other patients identify the patient.
c. Ask the patients who is scheduled to re-ceive medications now.
d. Compare the patients' identification bracelets with the specific medication ad-ministration record (MAR) and ask the patient to state his name.
D
To identify the patient needing the medication, the nurse checks the patient identification brace-let and asks the patient to state his name. The nurse then compares the spelling of the name and the medical record number on the bracelet to the MAR. The nurse does not rely on other indi-viduals to identify the patient for the medication administration to avoid the risk of misidentifi-cation. The use of at least two identifiers is the only approved method of identifying a correct patient.
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