The nurse is assessing a patient new to the clinic. The patient says she is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse's appropriate next action?
A) Ascertain the exact nature of the patient's response to the drug.
B) Document the patient is allergic to penicillin.
C) Mark the patient's chart in red that she has a penicillin allergy.
D) Continue to assess the patient for other allergies.
A
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Ask additional questions of patients who state that they have a drug "allergy" to ascertain the exact nature of the response and whether it is a true drug allergy. Patients may confuse secondary actions of the drug with an allergy. Only after it was determined the action was truly an allergy would the nurse document the allergy, mark the patient's chart, and continue to assess for other allergies.
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