Question

a nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse administer an IM medication to a client who is manic and refuses the medication. Which of the following actions should the nurse take FIRST?

a.) stop the newly licensed nurse from administering the medication

b.) call the provider for an alternative mediation route

c.) report the occurence to the nurse manager

d.) talk to the newly licensed nurse about the incident

I am between the questions a and b

Answer 1

ANSWER.

a) If the patient is refusing administration of medication the nurse should

   first stop the newly licenced nurse from administering the medication

   to respect the patient privacy for refusal.

* Then informed to the nurse manager for take appropriate intervention to this

   problem.