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Transcribing Orders
Exam 2
4
Medical
Not Applicable
05/04/2008
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Term
Written order
 Definition
legible, date, time and signature
Term
telephone order
 Definition
RNs only (must be dated and countersigned within 24 hours)
Term
verbal order
 Definition
RNs only (must be dated and countersigned within 24 hours)
Term
9 typees of patient care orders
 Definition
nursing(only provides direction and followed by NIO), recurrent(repeated ex: vitals), single (just once), standing (same as standing), STAT (now before anything else, single action order, don't have to transcribe), PRN (as needed), routine, telephone, verbal(given orally for entrance on the patients recore, these are restricted to emergency or STAT orders)
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