A nurse is facilitating a teaching group for family members of patients with schizophrenia. A focus of the group will be the monitoring of medication administration and side effects. Priority teaching for this focus will concentrate on:
a. minimizing the physical complications related to medication side effects.
b. identifying methods to manage and control the patient's psychotic behavior.
c. using tactics proven to be effective in the prevention of patient noncompliance.
d. recognizing the signs and symptoms of potential medication-related side effects.
D
Patient and family teaching education programs are necessary to prepare family/caregivers for the complex responsibilities that they will face. The recognition of potential side effects has priority among the given options. The remaining options are all valid teaching topics but are not as directly related to the monitoring of medication administration and side effects as is the correct option.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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