Collaboration and Teamwork. Verified Instructor Notes for Exam Preparation

A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about receiving and transcribing verbal prescriptions. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? Read back the prescription to the provider after transcribing Use symbols when transcribing a verbal prescription Include abbreviations when transcribing a verbal prescription Place a zero after a decimal when transcribing a dosage Read back the prescription to the provider after transcribing. The nurse should instruct the newly licensed nurse to read back the verbal prescription to the provider after transcribing to reduce the risk of error. Receiving provider's prescriptions, verifying or reading back the information, and then documenting the information correctly is vital to safe client care. Verbal prescriptions are vulnerable to being misunderstood, miswritten, and misinterpreted, especially during initial communication, or when being transcribed into the medication administration record (MAR). A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes mellitus and does not adhere to the prescribed diet. Which of t