A home health care nurse has observed that a client 80 years of age, who has multiple chronic health problems, takes a total of 19 medications on either a scheduled or PRN (as needed) basis
How should the nurse address this client's risk of harm from polypharmacy?
A) Ensure that the client's care is coordinated and encourage the primary care provider to review her medication regimen.
B) Recommend holistic and herbal remedies to replace some of the medications.
C) Contact the client's local pharmacy to discuss possible changes to her medication regimen.
D) Encourage the client to reduce her medication load by withholding some medications when she is asymptomatic.
Ans: A
Polypharmacy can sometimes be addressed by conducting a thorough and coordinated review of a client's medication regimen. It would be inappropriate and unsafe for the nurse to arbitrarily withhold some medications or to encourage the client to do so. The client's local pharmacist is not normally able to make independent changes to the client's medication regimen.
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