The physician has prescribed a brand name drug for the client. The client tells the nurse that the medication is too expensive. What is the best plan by the nurse?
1. Help the client receive free medicine through a "patient assistance" program.
2. Ask the physician if a cheaper brand name drug may be substituted.
3. Ask the physician if a generic drug may be substituted.
4. Maintain the client on samples of the brand name drug from the physician's office.
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Rationale 1: A patient assistance program is a good idea, but since the client may not qualify for this, it is not the best plan.
Rationale 2: Another brand name drug may not be what the client needs for the illness.
Rationale 3: Generic drugs are much less costly than brand name drugs.
Rationale 4: Providing samples is an option, but the office may temporarily run out of samples and the client will not receive the medication.
Global Rationale: Generic drugs are much less costly than brand name drugs. A patient assistance program is a good idea, but since the client may not qualify for this, it is not the best plan. Another brand name drug may not be what the client needs for the illness. Providing samples is an option, but the office may temporarily run out of samples and the client will not receive the medication.
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