Clancy is a hospital patient in crisis and needs an additional dose of his usual medication. Because the usual dosage is programmed into the automated medication device, what will need to happen?
A) The physician will need to write a new medication order for the nurse to run to the pharmacy.
B) The physician will telephone a STAT order for more medication to the pharmacy.
C) Medical personnel will use the emergency override on the device to obtain the necessary medication.
D) The pharmacy technician stationed in the nursing unit will fill the medication order from the unit's own stores.
C
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A. Healthcare professionals who have education, experience, and expertise to legally practice medicine; includes a wide range of professionals, such as physicians; nurses; physical, occupational, or speech therapists; nutritionists; and more B. Services intended to promote change in a behavior that could be considered an illness, such as obesity, use of or addiction to tobacco, alcohol use or abuse C. The provision of medical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support by interdisciplinary healthcare and other skilled professionals, specifically for patients who are terminally ill D. Services between a physician and an established patient that, unlike any other E/M service, may occur over the phone or via the Internet
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a. block for diseases of the liver, Excludes2 note R17, jaundice. b. K86, Alcohol induced chronic pancreatitis, Excludes2 notes K85.2, Alcohol induced acute pancreatitis. c. K94.21 Gastronomy complications, Excludes2 notes R17, jaundice. d. None of the above