The nurse is preparing to discharge a 43-year-old male client who has received treatment for a...

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.”

1. a. Discuss the legal and therapeutic implications related to the client taking narcotic analgesics that have been prescribed for another person.

b. With these implications in mind, how should the nurse respond to the client?

2. How should the nurse respond to the client’s concern about the cost of his medication?

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Expert Solution

1.a.) If the Client Uses the Narcotic Medications prescribed for another person then he/she is Violating the Guidelines of Substance and drugs Use Under Controlled Substances Act (CSA) U.S See 21 U.S.C. §802(32)(A) for the definition of a controlled substance analogue and 21 U.S.C. §813 for the schedule. As he/she is misuing the drug Prescribed for the another Person.

b.) The Nurse Practitioner should Discourage the Patient from doing this at it is Totally Against the law otherwise the patient will have to face the Consequences for this Illegal Act.

2. The nurse should respond to Client Concern about the cost of medication as-

The patient can Use other cheap over the Counter drugs For controlling his Pain.
You can also take medicine in less amount at a time
Nurse can advice the patient For Requesting the General Practitioner for the Different generic Drug as he can't afford the same medicine
You can Take medicine only when Necessary (SOS) i.e Only if you have pain

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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