Question

A nurse is caring for a client who has undergone surgery. When the client regains consciousness, the nurse telephones the physician to update the client's health status. What care should the nurse take when taking telephone orders?

Answer 1

The correct answers are given below:

Step-by-step explanation:

• The necessary precautions those are required to be taken by the nurse while taking telephone orders are listed below:

1. The order in which different drugs are administered into the client needs to mentioned sequentially in a written format in the medical record of the patient to avoid any error.
2. As it is a telephone order, the nurse needs to mention the abbreviation "TO" at the end of the order.
3. In order to prevent any form of misinterpretation, it is necessary to spell the alphabets or numbers of those words or numbers which can be confusing to the ears.
4. The name of the physician who prescribed the medicine needs to be clearly mentioned along with the signature of the nurse.