The nurse should assess the patient for the use of herbal and botanical supplements. What botanical medication is used to treat mild depression?
A) Echinacea
B) Ginkgo biloba
C) St. John's wort
D) Green tea
Ans: C
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1. Foul-smelling urine, elevated BP, and hematuria 2. Severe flank pain, nausea, and headache 3. Headache, hematuria, and vertigo 4. Urgency, dysuria, and fever
A patient with type 1 diabetes is taking NPH insulin, 30 units every day. A nurse notes that the patient is also taking metoprolol [Lopressor]. What education should the nurse provide to the pa-tient?
a. "Metoprolol has no effect on diabetes mellitus or on your insulin requirements." b. "Metoprolol interferes with the effects of insulin, so you may need to increase your insulin dose." c. "Metoprolol may mask signs of hypogly-cemia, so you need to monitor your blood glucose closely." d. "Metoprolol may potentiate the effects of the insulin, so the dose should be re-duced."
A patient tells the nurse he had the bacilli Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination as a child because his mother had tuberculosis. How should the nurse expect this patient to be screened for tuberculosis?
1. tine test 2. Mantoux test 3. tine and Mantoux tests 4. chest x-ray
The nurse is conducting a home assessment for a patient diagnosed with advanced Alzheimer disease. The caregiver states, "Sometimes I don't hear my dad in the middle of the night and that is what caused the fall."
Based on this data, which will the nurse recommend? 1) Adult daycare 2) Respite care 3) Placement in a long-term care facility 4) Purchase of an intercom system