A nurse suspects that a patient is using prescription medications provided by a variety of practitioners. What might be the most useful method of screening for this?

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3. Having patients bring in all their drugs (brown-bagging) provides an efficient and fairly reliable method of evaluating polypharmacy. Patients may not remember all the medications they are taking. Patients may not even realize that the use of multiple medications by different providers could create a problem. Calling the patient's providers is an inefficient and often ineffective method of coordinating care.

A Nurse Suspects That a Patient Is Using Prescription Medications