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It's not clear if you are talking about a New Grad or newly hired experienced nurse - however a new grad would have to learn how to do these things. What do you mean by Order? Did this nurse specifically say "I order you to call the pharmacy for this med?" Was she in the middle of some task and asked the new nurse to follow through with the pharmacy." I would need to know about the specific situation to state an opinion. The nurses I work with work as a team. If one is super busy another might call the pharmacy, lab or physician to streamline patient care. I don't even order CNAs around. Please and thank you go a long way.
Hppy
I don't know about "order", but depending on the situation, a nurse may be able to instruct another nurse to perform a task. This is mostly in situations where there is a charge nurse or nurse supervisor. When it comes to nurses that are equal to each other, they can't necessarily instruct one another, but they could certainly ask each other for help. It really depends on the exact situation.
d123456789
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My question is can an Rn order newly hired Rn to call to pharmacy and ask medicine for a client which physician has prescribed