A nurse should routinely ask a colleague to double-check a medication calculation and the actual medication before administering which medications? Select all that apply
a. Antibiotics
b. Insulin
c. Anticonvulsants
d. Anticoagulants
e. Narcotics
B, D, E
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Correct The nurse should ask another nurse to check the dosage calculation and the
medication before administering the following: insulin, narcotics,
chemotherapy, digoxin or other inotropic drugs, anticoagulants, and K+
and Ca++ salts. Institutions may require two nurses to check other
medications also to prevent medication error.
Incorrect The nurse always double-checks a dosage calculation, but it is not
necessary to have a second nurse check the medication before
administering antibiotics. The nurse always double-checks a dosage
calculation, but it is not necessary to have a second nurse check the
medication before administering anticonvulsant medications.
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