A patient prescribed a once-daily diuretic calls the office to report that yesterday's drug dose was missed. What is the nurse's best advice?
a. "Take today's dose now and restrict today's fluid intake to 1 L."
b. "Take yesterday's dose now and take today's dose after another 6 hours."
c. "Take today's dose now and maintain your normal intake of food and fluids."
d. "Skip today's doses of all your medications and then begin everything fresh to-morrow."
C
Too much time has passed to take both yesterday's dose and today's dose. Additional dosing would amount to doubling the dose, which could lead to more side effects and possible compli-cations.
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