The nurse on duty has just finished preparing medication for administration as she falls and hits her head badly enough to be taken to the emergency room. The supervisor has given you responsibility for medication administration. What should you do?

A) Standard hospital policy prohibits throwing away drugs, so you should administer but with caution.
B) The nurse on duty is known to be accurate, so you can use what she prepared without concern.
C) Start preparation from the beginning. You should not administer medications someone else has prepared.
D) Use what the nurse on duty prepared, with the exception of controlled substances, which you should prepare yourself.


C

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