Why do aspirin-sensitive patients substitute aspirin with acetaminophen to relieve pain?
A. Acetaminophen does not affect platelet aggregation.
B. Acetaminophen does not produce GI irritation or ulceration in therapeutic doses.
C. Acetaminophen does not affect prothrombin response.
D. All of the above are correct.
Answer: D
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a. acculturation c. oppression b. cultural diversity d. stereotyping
While a nurse is dressing a patient who has dementia as a result of Huntington disease, the patient states, "I don't want to wear clothes today" and begins to resist help putting on her clothes. What is the nurse's most appropriate action?
a. Tell the patient that she must wear clothes or she cannot see her family later. b. Get another nurse to help her force the patient to get dressed. c. Talk to the patient about her family com-ing this afternoon and continue to assist the patient gently with dressing. d. Let the patient go without clothes but make her stay in her room.
A client, receiving home care and recovering at home from a fall, tells the nurse that he "feels bad" that he has to have his daughter do so much to help him. The nursing diagnosis appropriate for the client at this time would be:
a. anxiety. c. activity intolerance. b. situational low self-esteem. d. ineffective health maintenance.
The nurse is planning care for a patient who had an above-the-knee amputation 2 days ago. Which position should the nurse include in this patient's plan of care?
1. Sims' position as tolerated 2. Flat in bed 3. High Fowler's position with the stump elevated 4. Sitting in a chair while awake