The nurse administers an evening medication to the patient in the morning. The medication did go to the correct patient. What is the nurse's best course of action at this time?
1. Change the medication administration time to the morning.
2. Notify the physician about the error and complete an incident report.
3. Tell the evening nurse to hold the evening dose just for tonight.
4. Notify the physician and ask if any further action needs to be taken.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale: Even though the medication went to the correct patient, this is still considered a medication error. The time of the medication cannot be changed without an order from the physician. Telling the evening nurse to hold the evening dose is unethical; an error has been committed. There is no need to ask the physician if any further action needs to be taken; an incident report needs to be completed.
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