Question

3. A patient tells the nurse that the information about the new over-the-counter drug on an internet site is overwhelming, causing the patient to question the information available at the site. The patient wants to know if the medication will interfere with her herbal therapy for lowering cholesterol. The information includes the phrase off- label use of a drug on the internet site.( learning objective 1,2,3 and 4).

A). What question should the nurse tell the patient to consider when evaluating the internet site?

B).when taking the patient's health history, why should the nurse ask specific questions about the use of over-the-counter drugs and herbal therapies? (C).what should the nurse tell the patient about the phrase off- label use of a drug?

Answer 1

Answer: The nurse should inform patient regarding the use of authentic or genuine source through which information should be obtained. It is important that the website or source should be from registered medical professionals.

The nurse should intervene about the use of herbal as well as OTC drugs as It is important because might be any kind of side effects, drug interactions occurs. So, by these information nurse can easily interpret about the drug intake of patient and his health conditions.

The nurse should tell the patient that off - label drugs falls in the category in which drugs are not approved by the FDA.