A patient, brought to the emergency department by a girlfriend, is being discharged home. The patient is sleepy from a narcotic injection they received
When doing discharge teaching for this patient, what would be the most appropriate nursing action?
A) Give written instructions to patient.
B) Give verbal instructions to significant other.
C) Call the patient the next day with verbal instructions.
D) Give verbal and written instructions to patient and significant other.
Ans: D
Feedback: Before discharge, verbal and written instructions for continuing care are given to the patient and the family or significant others. Discharge teaching is completed prior to the patient leaving the ED, which makes option C incorrect. Options A and B are incorrect because they are incomplete nursing actions.
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