The nurse is instructing a client about how to prevent medication ...

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The nurse is instructing a client about how to prevent medication errors after discharge from the hospital. What is a priority recommendation the nurse should make?
 
  1. Ask questions about drug safety. Health care providers should be partners in maintaining safe medication principles.
  2. Remember that OTC and herbal supplements are not considered medications. They cannot cause any harm.
  3. It is okay to use household measuring devices to measure medications. These devices yield the same measurements that are used by professionals.
  4. Do not question the medications received from the pharmacist. The pharmacist is a professional and should not be questioned.

Question 2

The nurse is discharging a client from the hospital. Which is a priority intervention for the nurse at this time?
 
  1. On discharge from the facility, the nurse should provide the client with a complete list of medications to be taken, as well as instructions on how to take any newly prescribed medications.
  2. The nurse should consult the client's pharmacy and inform the pharmacist that the client is being discharged.
  3. The nurse should call a friend to come before giving discharge instructions to the client.
  4. The nurse should inform the client's primary health care provider that the client is being discharged.

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: This recommendation will help to reduce medication errors. Working together to understand information is an important process in medication reconciliation.
Rationale 2: OCT and herbal supplements are medications that can interact adversely with prescribed medications.
Rationale 3: Household measures and metric measures are not the same. Using household measures could result in medication errors.
Rationale 4: Clients should ask questions if the medications look different, or if they do not understand the instructions for taking them. This action reduces medication errors.
Global Rationale: Asking questions and working with the health care provider to understand information is an important process in medication reconciliation. OCT and herbal supplements are medications that can interact adversely with prescribed medications. Household measures and metric measures are not the same. Using household measures could result in medication errors. Clients should ask questions if the medications look different, or if they do not understand the instructions for taking them. This action reduces medication errors.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: This intervention will help to reduce medication errors because the client is better informed about the medications.
Rationale 2: The nurse does not inform the client's pharmacy of the discharge.
Rationale 3: It is inappropriate for the client's friends to be there when discharge instructions are being given.
Rationale 4: The primary health care provider's order would have been required to discharge the client.
Global Rationale: Providing a complete list of medications upon discharge will help to reduce medication errors because the client is better informed about the medications. The nurse does not inform the client's pharmacy of the discharge. It is inappropriate for the client's friends to be there when discharge instructions are being given. The primary health care provider's order would have been required to discharge the client.

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