A patient tells the nurse, "Take a look at the bruises on my arms and legs. I take a multivitamin tablet daily and no other medicine. The bruises started about a week after I began taking some nutritional supplements from the health food store."
The nurse should focus assessment questions on the patient's use of supplements containing vitamin: a. A
b. B
c. C
d. E
D
Vitamin E has anticoagulant properties. Generally, a multiple vitamin tablet contains the minimum daily requirement of each vitamin. Taking nutritional supplements containing additional vitamin E would have the potential for causing bruising and hemorrhage. Excess Vitamin A, B, and C do not produce anticoagulant effects.
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