MC Diagnosis and treatment in a correctional setting can pose a challe

MC Diagnosis and treatment in a correctional setting can pose a challenge to the nurse because treatment considerations such as medication distribution must be balanced with the institution’s security safeguards.

Strategies to ensure success of medication administration include: (Select all that apply.)
A.* Combine or simplify medication regimens for fewer doses.
B. Give the inmate a day’s worth of medication to self-administer.
C. Directly-observed therapy.
D. Partner an inmate with another inmate receiving medication to ensure monitoring and compliance of medication administration.
E. Place the inmate who will receive medication in the hospital wing of the facility.

ESSAYBID ANSWER

C. Directly-observed therapy.