Asked by grim

Ricardo is a nurse at a hospital who is new to the cancer department. Ricardo has never used the machine to give out chemotherapy drugs before, so he reads the instructions on the machine and reviews a brochure about chemotherapy drugs. What else does Ricardo need to do before he can administer the drugs?
show the hospital his nursing certification
ask patients if he can try using the machine for the first time on them
be trained on how to use the machine
talk to other nurses about how to use the machine

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Be trained on how to use the machine.

Chemotherapy administration requires specific device training and competency validation (usually supervised practice and documentation). Talking with colleagues can help, but formal training and competency assessment are required; you should not trial it for the first time on patients.