Teaching Now Living-Part 23-Over Medication in the Elderly
Ellie recently had a bad fall luckily without a serious injury. She spent the evening on the floor after a fall in her bathroom, she was not wearing her medical alert and had left her cell phone in another room. After a thorough investigation by a geriatrician at the hospital, it was discovered Ellie's kidneys were not functioning properly due to over medication. She was on a dose of Blood pressure medication that was too high and a medication for diabetes that wasn't necessa