A nursing student is working as a home health aide. The patient asks the aide to give a medication, and the aide calls the nurse for permission to perform this task. Which is the correct response by the nurse?
a. "I can authorize you to give this medication."
b. "If you have taken a pharmacology course, you may give the medication."
c. "You may assist the patient to self-administer the medication."
d. "You should never assist with medications in the home setting."
ANS: C
The certified home health aide should never give medications but may help a patient self-administer a medication.
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