A community psychiatric nurse facilitates medication compliance for a patient by having the health care provider prescribe depot medications by injection every 3 weeks at the clinic
For this plan to be successful, which factor will be of critical importance?
a. Attitude of significant others toward the patient
b. Nutritional services in the patient's neighborhood
c. Level of trust between the patient and the nurse
d. Availability of transportation to the clinic
ANS: D
The ability of the patient to get to the clinic is of paramount importance to the success of the plan. The depot medication relieves the patient of the necessity to take medication daily, but if he or she does not receive the injection at 3-week intervals, noncompliance will again be the issue. Attitude toward the patient, trusting relationships, and nutrition are important but not fundamental to this particular problem.
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