You ask Evelyn,a new UNP,to check what is left in Mrs.N.'s inhaler when Evelyn makes visits to Mrs.N.and also to check whether Mrs.N.is receiving any positive effect from the medication.Evelyn reports for 3 weeks that Mrs.N.is using the inhaler and that there is enough medication left in the device.The day of her last visit to Mrs.N. ,Mrs.N.is admitted to the hospital in severe respiratory distress.When she is admitted,she tells the physician that she has not been using the inhaler for 4 weeks.Before assigning Evelyn to Mrs.N.'s care,the most appropriate action of the care coordinator would have been to:
A) Determine Evelyn's educational background and preparation for this role.
B) Ask Evelyn if she has worked with inhalers before and to describe what she knows about them.
C) Advise that if Evelyn has any questions about what to do with the inhaler, she should come to the coordinator.
D) Advise Evelyn that working the inhaler is not really complicated and that she should ask the patient how to check medication levels in the inhaler.
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