Your patient begins medication therapy for hypertension. What reason is MOST likely to make your scheduled teaching plan change for this patient?
1. The patient's outlook for his condition changes.
2. The patient writes down some of the information.
3. The patient has no questions after being taught.
4. The patient's condition changes with therapy.
4
Additional teaching will be required when changes in the patient's condition warrant further ad-justment in therapy.
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