Educating patients about missed medication doses.
1. Missed-dose management, or the handling of a forgotten or omitted dose, is a necessary self-care skill for persistently and severely mentally ill patients. 2. A missed dose should generally be taken as soon as it is remembered, and doses should not be doubled. 3. Individual drug-specific instructions about missed-dose management are available for antipsychotics, antidyskinetics, and lithium. 4. Teaching patients about missed-dose management as well as the use of reminders to minimize missed doses are important nursing activities.
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D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care