The nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about adherence to medication in older adults. Which statement by the student indicates understanding of the teaching?
a. "An inability to pay for medications con-tributes to most intentional nonadherence among older adults."
b. "Most issues associated with nonadhe-rence among older adults would be re-solved with simplified drug regimens."
c. "Most nonadherence in older adults results in drug toxicity and adverse drug effects."
d. "The majority of older patients who do not adhere to drug regimens do so inten-tionally."
D
Intentional nonadherence is common. It accounts for 75% of nonadherence among older adults and may occur because older adult patients are not convinced that drugs are needed or that the dose prescribed is correct. The inability to pay for medications and complicated drug regimens result in nonintentional nonadherence. Although nonadherence may result in therapeutic failure and drug toxicity, subtherapeutic dosing is by far the most common result.
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