A home health care nurse is reviewing a client's medication during a home visit. The client is prescribed atorvastatin 10 mg daily, a change from his previous order of 20 mg daily. The client shows the nurse the medication container from the pharmacy
The label reads atorvastatin 20 mg. The nurse determines that the client is taking the correct dosage when the client states he is taking which of the following?
A) 1/2 tablet every day
B) 1 tablet every day
C) 1/2 tablet every other day
D) 1 tablet every other day
Ans: A
Feedback:
The on-hand dose of the drug is 20 mg, but the client is to take 10 mg daily. So the client is correct when he says that he takes 1/2 tablet daily. Any other dosage would be incorrect.
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