A nurse on the night shift in a busy hospital sees a physician's order to administer intravenous medication to a patient who has just been admitted through the emergency department. The nurse does not recognize the name of the medication but notes a charge of $4,000 for the drug. The nurse is curious and checks the drug and realizes it should not be administered more frequently than every 6 weeks and any patient receiving the drug should be carefully monitored at every 15-minute interval. The patient tells the nurse that they received the same medication just 2 weeks previously. What should the nurse do at this point? In checking the drug is the nurse practicing risk management? Explain your answers.

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The nurse should immediately bring the discrepancy to the attention of the physician or a senior med... View the full answer