Mrs. Adams is a 76-year-old client being discharged
from the hospital with cancer of the lungs. Mrs.
Adams elected not to have surgery and was given
her first chemotherapy before discharge. She is
not accustomed to taking medications. Before the
onset of symptoms that necessitated her admission
to the hospital, Mrs. Adams considered herself in
good health, only bothered with the discomfort of
arthritis in her hands. She is being discharged on
the following medications:
• Sulfamethoxazole (sulfonamide anti-infective)
500 mg/5 ml susp PO b.i.d.
• Ganisetron (antiemetic) 1 mg PO q12h
• Morphine 30 mg PO q4h, prn for pain
Describe the nursing interventions that should be
included in Mrs. Adams’s discharge teaching relative to medication self-administration and other
appropriate nursing actions.