Nurses apply and respect medical prescriptions which, except in emergencies, are written, quantitative and qualitative, dated and signed.
They ask the prescriber for further information whenever they consider it useful, particularly if they feel they have not been adequately informed.
If the nurse has any doubts about the prescription, he checks it with the prescriber or, if this is not possible, with another member of the profession concerned. If it is impossible to verify the prescription and there is a clear and imminent risk to the patient’s health, the nurse will adopt, in accordance with his or her own competencies, the attitude that best safeguards the patient’s health and does not put the patient at any unjustified risk.