In some health care facilities, the LPN/LVN is allowed to take telephone orders from a physician. The nurse must be alert and careful when taking verbal orders. One precaution the nurse should take is to:
a. write quickly.
b. repeat the order to the physician.
c. have another nurse listen on an extension.
d. sign and initial the physician's name on the order.
B
The nurse should always repeat the order to the physician.
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