A Patient Refuses a Dose of Medication

question 13

Multiple Choice

A patient refuses a dose of medication. How should the nurse document the event?

• A)Patient is uncooperative and refuses the prescribed dose of digoxin.
• B)Patient refuses the 0900 dose of digoxin.
• C)Patient is belligerent, argumentative, and refuses the 0900 dose of digoxin. 4.0900 dose of digoxin not given.

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