The patient is vomiting and complaining of severe chest discomfort. The nurse calls the health care provider in an attempt to obtain which of the following type of order?
a. PRN
b. Standing
c. One-time
d. STAT
D
A STAT order means that you give a single dose of a medication immediately and only once. With standing orders 4 you carry out a standing order until the health care provider cancels it by another order or until a prescribed number of days elapses. A PRN order is an order in which the health care provider orders a medication to be given only when a patient requires it. Single (one-time) orders happen when a prescriber orders a medication to be given only once at a specified time.
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