Practice Quiz

CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

Category - Neonatal

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Before administering the evening dose of a prescribed medication, the nurse on the evening shift finds an unlabeled, filled syringe in the patient’s medication drawer. What should the nurse in charge do?
  1. Obtain a label for the syringe from the pharmacy
  2. Call the day nurse to verify the contents of the syringe
  3. Use the syringe because it looks like it contains the same medication the nurse prepared to give to the patient
  4. Discard the syringe to avoid a medication error
Explanation
Answer - D - The nurse in charge should discard the syringe to avoid a medication error. As a safety precaution, the nurse should discard an unlabeled syringe that contains medication. The other options are considered unsafe because they promote errors.
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