A nurse is providing education to a patient preparing for discharge from the clinic. The nurse understands that the best way to promote compliance in the patient going home on a new medication is to
a. provide a video for the patient to watch at home.
b. provide a pamphlet on the new medication.
c. monitor the patient for an adverse drug response prior to discharge.
d. ask the patient to restate the instructions and verify understanding.
ANS: D
Having the patient to restate the instructions allows the nurse to verify patient understanding.
The nurse will not be able to assess whether the patient learned from the video, because the patient will watch it at home after discharge.
The nurse will not be able to assess whether the patient actually read the pamphlet and understood its contents.
Monitoring the patient does not ensure compliance with the medication and is not indicated in this situation.
You might also like to view...
What skill will the nurse need to be an effectively thorough thinker?
1. Quick thinking 2. Sharpened intuition 3. Proactive thinking 4. Creative thinking
A patient who has emigrated from India is hospitalized under the care of a traditional Western provider. He tells the nurse that his entire family uses ayurvedic medicine
A culturally-sensitive nurse plans to alter this patient's health care experience so that it is comfortable and more familiar to the patient. What changes from normal Western practice will she recommend? Select all that apply. a. Spend more time exploring the patient's life overall, not just focusing on his health. b. Give the patient the health-related information he needs, and then allow him to determine which course of action to pursue. c. Arrange for a native practitioner of ayurveda to visit the patient and conduct spiritual cleansing services. d. Anticipate that because his traditions are so steeped in history, he may be mistrustful of higher-tech and other "new" methods. e. In preparation for discharge, be sure to include a significant focus on preventive practices. f. Involve the patient's entire family and treatment team in decisions about his treatment.
When assessing the patient with a diagnosis of SIADH during an intake interview, the nurse expects that the patient will complain of (select all that apply):
1. headache. 2. elevated blood pressure. 3. weight gain. 4. muscle cramps. 5. weakness.
A culturally sensitive nurse can use which of the following techniques when communicating with colleagues of different cultures?
a. Use only written communication channels. b. Minimize the use of jargon specific to the nurse's culture. c. State "I'm trying to get through to you, don't you understand.". d. Continue to listen even when the nurse doesn't understand the message.