The Home Care Nurse Is Conducting Patient Teaching with a Patient

Multiple Choice

The home care nurse is conducting patient teaching with a patient on corticosteroid therapy. To achieve consistency with the bodys natural secretion of cortisol, when would the home care nurse instruct the patient to take his or her corticosteroids?

A) In the evening between 4 PM and 6 PM
B) Prior to going to sleep at night
C) At noon every day
D) In the morning between $7 \mathrm{AM}$ and $8 \mathrm{AM}$