The nurse is performing medication reconciliation during apatient’s admission assessment. Which question by the nursereflects medication reconciliation?a. “Do you have any medication allergies?”b. “Do you have a list of all the medications, including over-the-counter, you are currently taking?”c. “Do you need to take anything to help you to sleep atnight?”d. “What pharmacies do you use when you fill your pre-scriptions?”
Question
The nurse is performing medication reconciliation during apatient’s admission assessment. Which question by the nursereflects medication reconciliation?a. “Do you have any medication allergies?”b. “Do you have a list of all the medications, including over-the-counter, you are currently taking?”c. “Do you need to take anything to help you to sleep atnight?”d. “What pharmacies do you use when you fill your pre-scriptions?”
Solution
The question by the nurse that reflects medication reconciliation is:
b. “Do you have a list of all the medications, including over-the-counter, you are currently taking?”
Medication reconciliation is the process of creating the most accurate list possible of all medications a patient is taking — including drug name, dosage, frequency, and route — and comparing that list against the physician’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge orders, with the goal of providing correct medications to the patient at all transition points within the hospital. Therefore, asking for a list of all medications the patient is currently taking, including over-the-counter ones, is a part of this process.
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