The nurse prepares medication for a patient 1 hour after admission. What information about the patient is the nurse's priority assessment before the initial administration of medication?
a. The diet history
b. Any drug tolerance
c. Any allergy history
d. The surgical history
C
To prevent patient injury, the nurse interviews the patient about allergies, including food and medication, before administering any medication. If the patient admits to drug or food allergies, the nurse probes him or her for additional information about the allergy to determine the nature of the reaction. Diet history is a reasonable assessment because malnutrition increases the risk of patient injury from medications that are protein bound and can increase the risk of complications from nutritionally related problems. Drug tolerance is a reasonable assessment if the patient is receiving pain medication or another agent to which he or she potentially develops tolerance. Surgical history is the lowest-priority assessment for this patient; however, the nurse gathers in-formation about the patient's surgical history for the admission assessment to complete the pa-tient profile.
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