Multiple Choice
What is the nurse's priority action to protect a patient from medication error?
A) Requesting that the prescriber write out an order,rather than giving a verbal order.
B) Asking anxious family members to leave the room before a medication is administered.
C) Checking the patient's room number against the medication administration record.
D) Administering as many of the medications as possible at one time.
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