The nurse is providing discharge education to an adult patient who will begin a regimen of ocular medications for the treatment of glaucoma
How can the nurse best determine if the patient is able to self-administer these medications safely and effectively?
A) Assess the patient for any previous inability to self-manage medications.
B) Ask the patient to demonstrate the instillation of her medications.
C) Determine whether the patient can accurately describe the appropriate method of administering her medications.
D) Assess the patient's functional status.
Ans: B
Feedback:
The patient or the caregiver at home should be asked to demonstrate actual eye drop administration. This method of assessment is more accurate than asking the patient to describe the process or determining earlier inabilities to self-administer medications. The patient's functional status will not necessarily determine the ability to administer medication safely.
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