Nurses Role and Responsibility in patient education The nurse is preparing to discharge a 43-year-old male client who has received treatment for a fracture of the right tibia. The nurse provides the client with a prescription for a narcotic analgesic to be used as needed for pain, along with information about the medication. The client states, "I don't need the prescription. My cousin just had surgery and didn't take all of his pain medicine. I can just use his. That will be cheaper for me, anyway, since I don't have insurance." Instructions for Assignment: Please discuss each point below in a separate paragraph. additionally please respond to at least one of your colleagues post to add additional insight or ask a question. 1. Discuss the legal and therapeutic implications related to the client taking narcotic analgesics that have been prescribed for another person. 2. With these implications in mind, how should the nurse respond to the client? 3. How should the nurse respond to the client's concern about the cost of his medication? This topic was edited by Dr. Ann Marie Edwards 14 4

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Vivian Torres
Nurses Role and Responsibility in patient education
The nurse is preparing to discharge a 43-year-old male client who has received
treatment for a fracture of the right tibia. The nurse provides the client with a
prescription for a narcotic analgesic to be used as needed for pain, along with
information about the medication. The client states, "I don't need the
prescription. My cousin just had surgery and didn't take all of his pain medicine.
I can just use his. That will be cheaper for me, anyway, since I don't have
insurance."
Instructions for Assignment: Please discuss each point below in a separate
paragraph. additionally please respond to at least one of your colleagues post
to add additional insight or ask a question.
1. Discuss the legal and therapeutic implications related to the client taking
narcotic analgesics that have been prescribed for another person.
2. With these implications in mind, how should the nurse respond to the client?
3. How should the nurse respond to the client's concern about the cost of his
medication?
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Transcribed Image Text:IVOQUle 1 Clinical Discussion: Ivurses kole ana kesponsibility in patient education Vivian Torres Nurses Role and Responsibility in patient education The nurse is preparing to discharge a 43-year-old male client who has received treatment for a fracture of the right tibia. The nurse provides the client with a prescription for a narcotic analgesic to be used as needed for pain, along with information about the medication. The client states, "I don't need the prescription. My cousin just had surgery and didn't take all of his pain medicine. I can just use his. That will be cheaper for me, anyway, since I don't have insurance." Instructions for Assignment: Please discuss each point below in a separate paragraph. additionally please respond to at least one of your colleagues post to add additional insight or ask a question. 1. Discuss the legal and therapeutic implications related to the client taking narcotic analgesics that have been prescribed for another person. 2. With these implications in mind, how should the nurse respond to the client? 3. How should the nurse respond to the client's concern about the cost of his medication? This topic was edited by Dr. Ann Marie Edwards Q Search entries or author Reply - NUR 105 Mental Health Nursing x + Name collette Cenatus.docx Reply 3 Q Search Unread Collette Cassandra Cenatus (She/Her) Nov 11, 2023 ✓ Subscribed 14 4
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