The nurse in the orthopedic unit is making her morning rounds and administering her 9:00 a.m. medications. She is preparing to dispense these to a client when a colleague comes by the room and informs the nurse that she has a phone call. What action should the nurse take?
a. Do not answer the phone, and keep administrating the medication.
b. Secure the medicine, and give it to the client later.
c. Ask her colleague to give the medicine since it is drawn up and ready to go.
d. Answer the phone as quickly as possible and then resume administrating the medication.
a. Do not answer the phone, and keep administrating the medication.
FEEDBACK:
a. The nurse should not answer the phone and should continue to administer the medications. Distractions are a major cause of drug error.
b. Securing the medication and giving it later is not a good choice. .
c. You should never give medications that someone else has prepared. .
d. Answering the phone quickly will result in distraction. .
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