The home health nurse discovers that a homebound cancer patient is using marijuana to control nausea from chemotherapy. What advice should the nurse give this patient?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
1. The effect of marijuana on decreasing nausea is fleeting and not worth the health problems caused by using it.
2. Since the patient is homebound, it is likely the use of marijuana will not be discovered by anyone else.
3. Possession of marijuana is illegal under federal law.
4. Some states have current legislative guidelines for legal possession of medical marijuana.
5. As long as it is documented that an illness exists that can be treated with marijuana, no risk of prosecution is present.
3,4
Rationale: Some patients report that marijuana does decrease nausea from chemotherapy.
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