Author Question: An 80-year-old woman comes to the community-health care facility with a large bag of medications. ... (Read 26 times)

ss2343 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

An 80-year-old woman comes to the community-health care facility with a large bag of medications. She tells the nurse she can no longer afford these medications because her only income is Social Security.

Which of the following is the best response by the nurse?
1. Let's go through these medications and see which ones we can delete.
2. You can get these medicines at this clinic for free.
3. Let's see if we can get some help from Medicare to help you pay for these medications. I will refer you to our social worker.
4. These medications are important. Do your best to pay for them.

Question 2

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 took effect on January 1, 2006. Which of the following is a provision of this legislation?

1. All senior citizens must use the same source for their prescription medications.
2. There is one plan and one co-pay for every drug.
3. There is no requirement for enrollment
4. Costs include premiums, co-pays, and deductible.