Problem
A client is being brought to the emergency room due to multiple falls at home. The client is 78 years old with an extensive medical history to include chronic alcohol use, smoking, 2 heart attacks and diabetes. The nurse starts the medication reconciliation and notices 10 medications that the patient is currently taking. The nurse starts to suspect that the falls are due in part to which issue below? The history of heart attacks Polypharmacy Increased medication metabolism Increased medication absorption and distribution.