As the nurse working in a gerontology clinic, you know that some elderly people are noncompliant with therapeutic regimens because of chronic illnesses that require long-term treatment by several health care providers
What is the most important consideration when dealing with this segment of the elderly population?
A) Health care professionals must know all the medications the patient is taking.
B) Health care professionals must work together to provide coordinated care.
C) Health care professionals may negate the efforts of another health care provider.
D) Health care professionals must have documentation of their interactions with the patient.
Ans: B
Feedback: Above all, health care professionals must work together to provide continuous,
coordinated care; otherwise, the efforts of one health care professional may be negated by those of another. The other answers may be correct but they are not the most important consideration when dealing with this patient population.
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