Which efforts suggested by researchers in patient education are useful for nurses to follow to increase a patient's medication compliance?
a. Short verbal responses are easy to learn.
b. Limited visual material with more verbal responses may be helpful.
c. Flash cards are very useful for visualization.
d. A variety of teaching methods, including written information and audiotapes, are useful.
ANS: D
Research suggests that to increase medication compliance in patients, the nurse should use a variety of means to give necessary instructions. These methods include telling patients the necessary information and using written information, audiotapes, videotapes, and the computer.
You might also like to view...
Nurses who work in home care offering enteral, parenteral, intravenous, and blood transfusion services can prevent:
a. morbidity. b. hospitalization. c. hospice care. d. mortality.
A nursing instructor is preparing for a class discussion on pituitary gland hormones. Which of the following hormones would the instructor include as being secreted by the anterior pituitary gland? Select all that apply
A) Growth hormone B) Adrenocorticotropic hormone C) Vasopressin D) Prolactin E) Oxytocin
What is the major adverse side effect of epidural anesthesia?
1. Maternal hypotension 2. Decrease in variability of the FHR 3. Vertigo 4. Decreased or absent respiratory movements
This type of alcohol can be added to gasoline to reduce pollution, used in cleaners and _________, as well as in medical research.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).