When reviewing and assessing the medications of the older adult, the home health nurse should consider: Select all that apply. Use of over-the-counter medications Only the prescribed medications Any herbal supplements Drug-drug interactions The most recently ordered medications
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Use of over-the-counter medications: Yes, the nurse should consider this. Over-the-counter medications can interact with prescribed medications and cause side effects. Show more…
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The nurse should communicate to parents that herbal medicines sold over the counter: 1. are harmless to children. 2. are effective substitutes for traditional medication. 3. can interact with prescribed medications and produce adverse effects. 4. should never be given to children.
The nurse keeps in mind that which measure is used to reduce the risk of medication errors? a When questioning a drug order, keep in mind that the prescriber is correct. b Be careful about questioning the drug order a board-certified physician has written for a patient. c Always double-check the many drugs with sound-alike and look-alike names because of the high risk of error. d If the drug route has not been specified, use the oral route.
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