When reviewing a client's history, the nurse notes that the client uses garlic to promote cardiovascular health. The nurse understands that which of the following is a benefit of its use? Select all that apply
A) Improved LDL-to-HDL ratio
B) Lower serum triglyceride levels
C) Lower blood pressure
D) Prevention of atherosclerosis
E) Reduced risk for blood clots
Ans: B, C, D
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The benefits of garlic include lowering serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, improving the ratio of HDL to LDL cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, and helping to prevent the development of atherosclerosis.
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The nurse in the newborn intensive care unit is caring for a low birth-weight newborn, born at 36-weeks' gestation, who was delivered in a car en route to the hospital in a snowstorm. Which statement by a parent of the newborn indicates a lack of understanding of the risks of hypothermia?
A) "My baby is burning calories at a higher rate." B) "My baby is under a radiant warmer because he doesn't have enough body fat to keep warm." C) "Now that my baby is warmed, I can give him a bath outside the warmer." D) "When my baby is out of the warmer, I need to keep him wrapped."
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a. Talk in a loud voice. b. Meet the infant at eye level. c. Avoid sudden intrusive gestures. d. Maintain a safe distance initially. e. Pick up the infant and hold him or her closely.
The nurse has finished teaching a patient's husband how to administer drugs and enteral feeding through a gastrostomy tube. The nurse knows the husband understands the use of the tube when he makes which statement?
1. "My wife has a gastrostomy tube instead of a nasogastric tube because she will have the tube for a long time." 2. "I will need to use liquid medications. If any of the medications are in pill form, I will use the pill crusher to crush them and mix them with water before putting them in the tube." 3. "This medication says it is enteric coated. I'm not supposed to crush this kind of medication. I will need to ask the doctor to substitute another medication that is liquid or can be crushed." 4. "There's a big difference in how the drugs work in the body when they're taken orally and when they're administered through the tube. That's why my wife has to have this tube." 5. "I have to be very careful to flush the tube after I put medication in it. If I don't, the tube could get clogged."