Identify and discuss 2 definitions of polypharmacy. One can be from your textbook. Please provide one definition from an additional credible reference.
Identify 3 risk factors that can lead to polypharmacy. Explain each risk factor with rationale as to why it is considered a risk factor.
What can you, as an individual nurse, do to help reduce the chances of polypharmacy? As a whole, what can society do to help reduce the chances of polypharmacy?
Choose one drug class and explain how polypharmacy can impact an aging client using this class of drugs from a pathophysiologic standpoint