The Nurse Is Instructing a Client About How to Prevent

The nurse is instructing a client about how to prevent medication errors after discharge from the hospital. What recommendations should the nurse include in her instructions? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.

A) Ask questions about drug safety. Health care providers should be partners in maintaining safe medication principles.
B) Remember that OTC and herbal supplements are not considered medications. They are available this way cannot cause any harm.
C) It is okay to use household utensils to measure medications. These devices yield the same measurements that are used by professionals.
D) Do not use more than one pharmacy to fill your prescriptions, this does not provide the pharmacist will all necessary information when dispensing your medication.