Which intervention should the nurse use to prevent medication errors?
1. Clarify illegible prescriptions or handwriting.
2. Document medication before administering it.
3. Prepare all assigned clients' medications at once.
4. Read medication labels two times when preparing.
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1. To prevent client injury and decrease nursing liability, the nurse clarifies illegible prescriptions and handwriting before acting on the information. The nurse is respon-sible for understanding and agreeing with the prescription; if the nurse chooses to interpret the handwriting and misinterprets it, the nurse must suffer the consequences and risk client injury and potentially death.
2. Document medication as given after the nurse witnesses the medication adminis-tration.
3. The nurse prepares each client's medications individually to remain organized and focused on one client at a time. This helps to reduce client risks and medication er-rors.
4. The nurse reads medication labels three times during preparation.
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