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The nurse is in an emergency situation, and needs to take a verbal order from the physician to administer a medication. What legal responsibilities are required regarding verbal orders?Question & Rationale provided by Drexel University’s NCLEX EXCEL
- Only nursing supervisors can take verbal orders from physicians
- The charge nurse on duty needs to cosign the order within 2 hours
- The verbal order should be signed by the physician within 24 hours
- Verbal orders should not be written under any circumstances