A client's status is deteriorating, and the physician prescribes a medication to be administered immediately one time. The nurse would contact the pharmacy and identify this medication order as being:
1. Standing.
2. PRN.
3. STAT.
4. Single order.
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: A standing order might not have a termination date. This medication may be provided to the client indefinitely.
Rationale 2: A PRN order or an as-needed order permits the nurse to provide the client with the medication when, in the nurse's judgment, the client needs it.
Rationale 3: A STAT order indicates that the medication is to be provided immediately and only once.
Rationale 4: A single order or a onetime order indicates that the medication is to be provided only once.
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