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In most adult hospital settings, it is one nurse who administers the medications to the patients. This is considered to be the safest option as it thought that the lone nurse will take extra care due to their sole responsibility. The exception to this is often injected drugs and controlled drugs, whereby two nurses check and sign for the drug and go to the patient's bedside together to administer the drug.

When there are any calculations or working out to do, two nurses should also check their workings out to agree on the correct answer and dose that the patient requires.