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.
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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