The nurse is preparing to pass the 0900 medications prescribed for her patients. She removes the ...

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Alerts are configured to notify the nurse of potential adverse effects before the patient receives the medication. Sometimes patients state they are allergic to a medication when, in reality, they may only have experienced a side effect. The physician or pharmacist can be instrumental in discerning if the patient's reaction was a true allergy. The physician should always be notified before administering medications when an allergy error has been received. Although an antidote to a medication could be useful in the event of a harmful effect, the medication in the situation should not be given, and therefore, the antidote would not be necessary.