Administration of controlled substances requires that the nurse:
A. Discard and sign for unused quantities
B. Count the amount of medication daily
C. Keep narcotics to be given with the other client medications
D. Notify the charge nurse of discrepancies in medication counts after administration
D
D. If the count is incorrect, notify the nurse manager and follow institutional policy.
A. Narcotic wasting often requires that another nurse witness the administering nurse discard the medication according to hospital policy.
B. Controlled substances are counted by two registered nurses at the beginning of each shift.
C. Narcotics delivered to a nursing unit are kept in a locked cabinet. At the beginning of each shift, two registered nurses must count all of the narcotics in the locked cabinet and record the count on a narcotics administration record.
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