After completing orientation to the facility, the nurse recognizes further instructions are required when the client makes which of the following statements?
1. "I will send my valuables home with my wife."
2. "I will take my prescription medications as I took them at home."
3. "My wife may visit any time she chooses."
4. "I should ring my call bell if I need the nurse."
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Rationale: Once the client enters the hospital, the client home medications are discontinued, and the client is encouraged to send the medications home with the valuables. The client's medications will be ordered by the physician and dispensed by the nurse. The remaining comments made by the client are correct.
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