The nurse who was going off shift had prepared the medications for the nurse who was going to relieve her to save the new nurse time. The nurse coming on knew that she should:
a. give the medications when ordered.
b. recheck the medications.
c. never give medications another person has prepared.
d. identify each medication as it is given.
C
The nurse should never give a medication that has been prepared by another person.
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