A physician has ordered a mild sedative for a patient having an endoscopy the next day....

A physician has ordered a mild sedative for a patient having an endoscopy the next day. The order was written as Halcion 0.25 mg po at 10:00.

The unit clerk assumes that the sedative is to be administered that evening at 10:00 p.m. In fact, the physician wanted the sedative to be administered at 10:00 a.m. just before surgery. What physician wanted the sedative to be administered at 10:00 a.m. just before surgery.

1. What physician error led the unit clerk to believe that the physician wanted the medication to be administered at night?

2. What cardinal rule did the unit clerk ignore?

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1- unit clerk think that sedative medication in day time will disturb all the schedule of patient because in sedative medication patient feels sleepy

2- cardinal rule that unit clerk ignore is that if patient is on sedative just before endoscopy then there is no chance of discomfort that produce when some air instilled in stomach so there is use of mild sedative just before endoscopy

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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