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A Nurse Makes a Medication Error and Notifies the Client's

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A nurse makes a medication error and notifies the client's physician. The physician berates the nurse over the phone and states, "You are an idiot." How should the manager deal with this situation?


A) Tell the nurse to go home for the rest of the day.
B) Have the nurse call the physician back and demand an apology.
C) Document the facts of the encounter.
D) Privately tell the physician that the behavior was bullying.
E) Confront the physician during rounds and demand an explanation.

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