The nurse is following the Joint Commission's national patient safety goals when giving medications. Based on these goals, how can the nurse improve the accuracy of patient identification?
A) Use two patient identifiers (neither to be the room number).
B) Use two patient identifiers (one may be the room number).
C) Check the patient's armband three times.
D) Say to the patient "are you Mrs. Jones?"
A
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