Helga Rudstrom, 88 years old, has a nursing diagnosis of "Noncompliance with medication regimen related to inability to open childproof bottles." Which of the following interventions is appropriate for Mrs. Rudstrom?
a. Instruct her daughter to dump each bottle of pills into a cup
b. Instruct her daughter to leave the covers off of the bottles
c. Instruct her daughter to put the daily doses of the medication in little plastic cups that her mother can take every morning
d. Instruct her daughter to request special lids from the pharmacy
D
Pharmacies stock non–child-protective, flip-off caps and provide them to older adults. Responses A, B, and C are inappropriate and potentially dangerous suggestions.
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