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Define the role of everyone within EPITOME
Role of the Nurse/Nursing Unit
- Give patients a medication education folder upon admission
- Print Medication Education leaflets with each new medication and give them to the patient
- Educate every patient on their medications at each medication administration
- Review the following throughout the hospital admission utilizing the health behavior change model:
- Medication name and indication
- How to take it (number of times per day)
- Any special administration instructions (take with food)
- Common side effects
- Document Medication Education every day
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