In some health care facilities, the LPN/LVN is allowed to take telephone orders from a physician. What is one precaution the nurse must take when receiving a verbal order?
a. Write quickly
b. Repeat the order to the physician
c. Have another nurse listen on an extension
d. Sign and initial the physician's name on the order
ANS: B
The nurse should always repeat the order to the physician. The nurse should write slowly to avoid making a mistake. It is not necessary to have another nurse listen to the verbal order. The nurse should not sign the physician's name to the order.
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