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lidoalex

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When you bring a sedative for sleep in to the patient, he asks you to leave the drug on his table and he will take it when his television show is over. What should you do?
 
  a. Insist that he take the drug right now.
  b. Leave it at his bedside as he requests.
  c. Tell him you will bring it back later, after the show.
  d. Document that he refused to take his prescribed drug.

Question 2

A 60-year-old patient is on several new medications and expresses worry that she will forget to take her pills. Which action by the nurse would be most helpful in this situation?
 
  a. Teaching effective coping strategies
  b. Asking the patient's prescriber to reduce the number of drugs prescribed
  c. Assuring the patient that she will not for-get once she is accustomed to the routine
  d. Assisting the patient with obtaining and learning to use a calendar or pill container



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D





 

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