A home health care nurse is invited as a guest speaker to talk to a group of students about challenges of working in the home. As part of the discussion, the nurse describes medication safety
Which of the following would the nurse include as a measure to address this issue?
A) Asking the client what he or she takes the drug for
B) Throwing out any medications over 1 month old
C) Reconciling drugs in the home with those on the discharge sheet
D) Setting up medication boxes to organize the medications
Ans: C
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a. True b. False