Mrs. Murphy is 80 years old and lives in a retirement community for lower income older adults. You are the community health nurse visiting with her. As part of your assessment, you ask Mrs. Murphy how...

Mrs. Murphy is 80 years old and lives in a retirement community for lower income older adults. You are the community health nurse visiting with her. As part of your assessment, you ask Mrs. Murphy how she obtains her prescribed medications. The patient explains that most of the time, her neighbor will pick up prescriptions for her. She further explains that in some cases, however, she has “stockpiled” medicines she has been prescribed. When you investigate, you find that the patient has multiple bottles of various types of unused antibiotics. Some of the drugs were prescribed 5 or 6 years ago.

1. Describe how you should respond to this situation.

2. Identify the health teaching needs of this patient regarding “stockpiling” (saving) antibiotics.