The home health nurse would be most concerned about self-medicating errors for the older adult living alone who is a type 1 diabetic and is
a. afflicted with early Parkinson disease.
b. visually impaired.
c. a rheumatoid arthritic with stiffened hands.
d. paralyzed from the waist down.
ANS: B
The visually impaired diabetic is at the greatest risk for a medication error by incorrectly preparing an insulin injection.
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