Your patient is being discharged home after mastoid surgery. You know that you will need to teach the patient about medication therapy. What will you include in this teaching?
A) Anti-emetic medications
B) Anti-inflammatory medications
C) Expected effects and potential side effects
D) Take the medication with food
Ans: C
Feedback: Patients require instruction about medication therapy, such as analgesics and antivertiginous agents (eg, antihistamines) prescribed for balance disturbance. Teaching includes information about the expected effects and potential side effects of the medication. Antiemetics and anti-inflammatory medications are not usually prescribed after mastoid surgery. Without having a medication named you would not know whether or not to take it with food.
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