A nurse discovers that a primary care provider has prescribed a medication to which the client is allergic. What is the most appropriate action?
A) Administer the medication despite the client's allergy.
B) Contact the primary care provider who wrote the order for the prescribed medication.
C) Contact the pharmacist about the allergy and prescribed medication.
D) Refuse to administer the medication to the client.
B
Feedback:
The nurse should contact the primary care provider who wrote the order for the prescribed medication for clarification. Administering a medication with a known allergy could lead to client harm and liability for the nurse. Contacting the pharmacist is not the best response to the situation because it does not solve the issue of the allergy to the medication and the nurse needs to get clarification from the prescriber who is the primary care provider. The nurse should not administer the medication until clarification has been obtained.
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