The graduate nurse is aware that the count of the unit's narcotics and controlled substances at the change of shifts should involve:
a. everyone who has given or will be giving narcotics on both shifts
b. one nurse who is going off duty and one nurse coming on duty
c. one pharmacy technician and the unit's head or charge nurse
d. the unit's head nurse and a hospital pharmacist
B
Any narcotics or controlled substances are stored in compliance with federal regulations (i.e., in locked containers); their administration requires the nurse to record the name of the client, the specific medication used, the time administered, and the names of the prescribing physician and the nurse administering the medication in a separate record. Nurses are responsible for counting the narcotics and controlled substances at specific intervals, such as one nurse who is going off duty and one nurse coming on duty at change of shift.
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