The nurse educates a patient treated for psychosis with perphenazine (Trilafon) regarding the measures to be taken to manage and prevent side effects. The patient makes certain statements to reiterate the teaching. What statement of the patient indicates a need for further teaching?

If the patient makes any statement that includes the wrong measures or actions that should be taken to prevent side effects then it is clear that they need further teaching. On the basis of treatment for psychosis with perphenazine then such wrong statement may be something like the following: "If I have a dry mouth then I need to take lozenges or eat hard candy for a period of 2 weeks"