True or False: If a nurse does not document a scheduled med as given within one hour of its due time, the med is automatically recorded as Not Given.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not sure
• D. Not Applicable

Answer: (B)

The key idea is how medication administration is recorded in the chart. The system doesn’t automate a Not Given status just because you didn’t document within an hour. If a medication is actually given, you record the exact time it was administered—even if that time is after the due time. If the medication is not given at all, you must explicitly mark it as Not Given and provide a rationale (for example, patient refused, contraindication, or issue with the medication).

The one-hour window is a guideline to encourage timely documentation and to keep the medical record accurate, but it does not automatically change the status of the medication to Not Given. So the statement is false.