Question

During a medication pass, the nurse notices that the health care provider ordered a dose of medication that appears to be excessive based on the nurse's knowledge of the medication. the nurse calls the provider, and the provider instructs the nurse to administer the medication anyway. what should the nurse do?

Answer 1

If possible, the nurse should confirm the necessary dosage with the assigned doctor or another nurse on duty if the doctor is unavailable. If this is not feasible, the nurse should go with the recommendation from the provider as long as there are no conflicting allergies and relay the information to the doctor as soon as possible.