A graduate nurse has received a telephone order to administer an additional dose of insulin for a critically high blood glucose level.

What is an essential legal task to complete when taking a telephone order from a health care provider (HCP)?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

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Question

A graduate nurse has received a telephone order to administer an additional dose of insulin for a critically high blood glucose level.  
 
   What is an essential legal task to complete when taking a telephone order from a health care provider (HCP)? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

Ensure the telephone order is signed by the health care provider in the chart within 24 hours

Answer

Ensure the health care provider repeats the order back three times over the phone

Answer

Ensure the abbreviation VO is used when writing down the health care provider's order

Answer

Ask another nurse to sign the order after it is written down in the client's chart

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