It is important for the LPN/LVN to be a part of the evaluation process when giving the patient medications. Which of the factors below are considered to be an important part of the process of evaluating medications once they are given?
1. Ask the patient what the medication tasted like.
2. Ask the patient if swallowing all of the medications at once helped.
3. Evaluate the therapeutic effects and the adverse affects of the medication.
4. Evaluate whether more scheduled medication is needed.
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The nurse checks for two types of responses to drug therapy: therapeutic effects and adverse ef-fects.
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A. attainment of patient needs. B. family attainment of developmental tasks. C. individual family members' caring about one another. D. family satisfaction with its new level of functioning.