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Brian Wagner is a home health nurse seeing a new client, Betty Green, an 80-year-old who is being treated for CHF, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes. Because of her health problems,
 
  Betty is on eight different prescription medications. To help her manage her medications, Brian made several suggestions. Which of the following would not be a good intervention to deal with this problem?
  1. Discuss possible side effects of her medications and symptoms of toxicity and explain what to do if they are experienced.
  2. Explain that it is important that medications should always be kept in their original containers to ensure that they are not confused or mistaken.
  3. Make a simplified chart of all medications and include purpose, dosage, frequency, and side effects.
  4. Use a medication box that divides the medications by date and time of day and which one of her children can fill each week.

Question 2

Which of the following conditions are most likely to be underdiagnosed and undertreated among elders?
 
  1. Depression and incontinence
  2. Diabetes and hypertension
  3. Osteoporosis and arthritis
  4. Vision and hearing problems



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 2

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1



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