Nursing 302 Health Assessment I Final Review • Drug hx – interactions o It’s important to ask about drug history, so that we can ensure that we are not going to give patients medication that will have adverse reactions to either: other medications they are taking, or to ones that they may be allergic to. • Geriatrics – assess pulse o Using the pads of your first three fingers, palpate the radial pulse at the flexor aspect of the wrist laterally along the radius bone (Fig. 9-4). If th...