How should the nurse instruct a patient with adrenal insufficiency to take glucocorticoid therapy? You may select more than one answer
a. Take the entire dose once at night.
b. Take two thirds in the morning and one third in the evening.
c. Divide the dose in half; take half in the morning and half in the afternoon.
d. Take one third in the morning and two thirds in the afternoon.
e. Doses should be taken every other day.
a, b
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