The nurse approaches a group of school-age patients to administer medication to Sam Hart. To identify the correct child, the nurse's action is to:
a. ask the group, "Who is Sam Hart?"
b. call out to the group, "Sam Hart?"
c. ask each child, "What's your name?"
d. check the patient's identification name band.
ANS: D
The child must be correctly identified before the administration of any medication. Children are not totally reliable in giving correct names on request; the identification bracelet should always be checked. Asking children or the group for names is not an acceptable way to identify a child. Older children may exchange places, give an erroneous name, or choose not to respond to their name as a joke.
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