A community psychiatric nurse facilitates medication compliance for a patient by having the health care provider prescribe depot medications every 3 weeks at the clinic. For this plan to be successful, which factor will be of critical importance?
a. The attitude of significant others toward the patient
b. Nutrition services in the patient's neighborhood
c. The level of trust between the patient and nurse
d. The availability of transportation to the clinic
D
The ability of the patient to get to the clinic is of paramount importance to the success of the plan. The depot medication relieves the patient of the necessity to take medication daily, but if he or she does not receive the injection at 3-week intervals, nonadherence will again be the issue. Attitude toward the patient, trusting relationships, and nutrition are important but not fundamental to this particular problem.
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