Mrs. Morris is a 78-year-old patient whose physician has prescribed daily eye drops for her glaucoma. Mrs. Morris does not always use the eye drops because she has difficulty affording them on her fixed income
This situation is best described as medication: A. abuse.
B. dependency.
C. addiction.
D. nonadherence.
D
Research shows that approximately 50% of patients do not adhere to taking their medications as prescribed. Ethically, nurses need to understand why this happens. Finances, poor patient education, fear of addiction, or the perception that a medication is not needed cause nonadherence. Nonadherence with medications affects the health and safety of patients and is commonly found in older adults.
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