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MirandaLo

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The term concordance is sometimes preferred over compliance or noncompliance when speaking of a patient following a prescribed plan of care for which reason?
 
  a. It is judgmental.
  b. It is nonjudgmental.
  c. It is caring.
  d. It is uncaring.

Question 2

It is important for the LPN/LVN to be a part of the evaluation process when giving the patient medications. Which factor is considered to be an important part of the process of evaluating medications once they are given?
 
  a. Asking the patient what the medication tasted like
  b. Asking the patient if swallowing all of the medications at once helped
  c. Evaluating the therapeutic effects and the adverse effects of the medication
  d. Evaluating whether more scheduled medication is needed



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
A term that does not judge the patient is concordance. Instead, this term emphasizes the collaboration among the patient, family, health care provider, and pharmacist.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The nurse checks for two types of responses to drug therapy: therapeutic effects and adverse effects.





 

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