In today's health care environment there is often more contact between the patient and the nurse than between the patient and the physician. How does this increased patient contact impact drug therapy?
A) Choosing the best medication to treat the patient's condition
B) Assessing the patient's preferred communication strategies
C) Assessing the therapeutic success of the drug therapy
D) Reducing dosage quickly when adverse effects arise
C
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Because the nurse has the greatest direct and continued contact with the patient, the nurse is in the best position to detect minute changes that ultimately determine the course of drug therapy—therapeutic success or discontinuation because of adverse or unacceptable responses. The nurse does not choose the medication or reduce dosage because it is outside the scope of practice of the nurse. Communication strategies used by patients are not related to drug therapy.
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