Case Study, Chapter 11, Health Care of the Older
Adult
2. The nurse is completing the admission assessment for a
patient scheduled for cataract surgery in the outpatient center.
Because the patient is over the age of 70 and has several chronic
conditions, including hypertension and congestive heart failure,
the nurse focuses on completing a thorough medication history.
(Learning Objective 4)
What questions should the nurse include in the medication
history?
The patient states that she stopped taking one of...