The nurse is administering a controlled substance that is ordered in a smaller dose than what is available. What should the nurse do with the remaining amount of medication?
a. Save the remaining medication until the patient is scheduled to take the medication again.
b. Flush the remaining medication in the toilet in the patient's bathroom.
c. Ask another nurse to witness the waste, sign the inventory report, and document the situation.
d. Administer the dose that is available and not the smaller dose ordered.
ANS: C
If the ordered dose is smaller than the dose provided (so that some medication must be discarded), or if the medication is accidentally dropped, contaminated, spilled, or otherwise made unusable and unreturnable, two nurses must sign the inventory report and describe the situation.
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