A nurse receives a verbal order from a physician during a patient emergency. What is the nurse's next step to ensure the order is safe before implementing it?
Implement the order without confirmation after evaluating the situation.
Seek the opinion of another nurse before implementing the order.
Write the order down word-for-word and implement it after confirming its accuracy.
Repeat the order back to the physician to confirm its accuracy.
The correct answer is to repeat the order back to the physician to confirm its accuracy. This process is part of the read-back procedure, a critical safety practice designed to prevent errors in verbal or telephone orders caused by miscommunication. Writing the order down and implementing it, even with confirmation, skips the essential step of verifying accuracy with the provider. Seeking another nurse's opinion or implementing the order without verification are unsafe practices and do not adhere to established communication protocols for verbal orders.
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