The nurse notifies the primary care provider that the patient is experiencing pain. The provider gives the nurse a telephone prescription for morphine 4 mg intravenously every hour as needed for pain
How should the nurse document this telephone order?
a. 09/02/16 0845 morphine 4 mg intravenously q 1 hour prn pain. Kay Andrews, RN
b. 09/02/16 0845 morphine 4 mg intravenously q 1 hour prn pain T.O.: Dr. D. Kelly/Kay Andrews, RN
c. 09/02/16 0845 morphine 4 mg intravenously q 1 hour prn pain V.O.: Dr. D. Kelly/Kay Andrews, RN
d. 09/02/16 0845 morphine 4 mg intravenously q 1 hour V.O. Kay Andrews, RN
B
Correct documentation of a telephone order is as follows: "09/02/16 0845 morphine 4 mg intravenously q 1 hour prn pain T.O.: Dr. D. Kelly/Kay Andrews, RN" (date, time, medication, route, frequency of dose, circumstances under which it is to be given, prescriber's name and title, nurses name and title.) The other options demonstrate incomplete documentation of a telephone order.
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