Nurses who recently visited our Web site answered this question: When performing medication reconciliation, do you routinely ask patients about their use of nicotine, over-the-counter products, herbals, and nutritional supplements?
Routinely document all prescription drugs and over-the-counter products, including vitamins and herbal products, as well as nicotine and alcohol use. Visit http://www.nursingcenter.com/poll to answer our monthly survey question and view results from other surveys.