A nurse is caring for a patient who has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Levothyroxine (Synthroid) has been prescribed. Before the drug therapy is started, the nurse will assess for which of the following?

Ultimately, racial-ethnic disparities in health care will persist as long as there are inequalities in our society. Physicians, nonetheless, have the special opportunity and obligation as leaders within the health care community to improve the quality of care and health outcomes of patients from racial-ethnic minority groups. High-quality, empirically driven interventions may help physicians and other health care providers come one step closer to the goal of health equality. Acknowledgments and disclosures