You are admitting a patient who tells you that in addition to the medications prescribed by his physician, he also consults a native healer and takes remedies the healer recommends. The best response of the nurse is:
A) "You should have told your physician that you are taking these additional remedies."
B) "Remedies prescribed by nonmedical healers are not evidence-based, so you should avoid them."
C) "Can you describe what remedies you are taking?"
D) "Why are you taking these remedies when they can cause problems with your prescription drugs?"

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Answer 3 asks for additional information that is important to assess possible interactions with other prescribed medications. The other responses are judgmental.

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