A 51-year-old woman will be taking selective
estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) as part of treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis. The nurse reviews potential contraindications, including which condition?
a. Hypocalcemia
b. Breast cancer
c. Stress fractures
d. Venous thromboembolism
ANS: D
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On the way to track practice you get pulled over for speeding. When you arrive to practice
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While performing a home visit with an elderly patient, the nurse notices that the patient's dress is less tidy than in previous visits, and she finds an open orange juice container in the pantry cabinet instead of the refrigerator and a roll of
paper towels in the refrigerator. How should the nurse respond? a. Begin rearranging the patient's storage, and show her how it needs to be done. b. Raise her voice, and tell the patient that this is not acceptable. c. Complete a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) or Short Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). d. Realize that elderly patients do things differently.