You are prescribing oral iron therapy for a patient with IDA. In teaching your patient about iron therapy, all of the following instructions should be reviewed except
A. Iron is best taken on an empty stomach one hour before meals
B. Meat, fish, poultry, beans, and green leafy vegetables are good dietary sources of iron
C. Adding vitamin D daily enhances absorption of iron
D. Common GI side effects of iron therapy include constipation, nausea, and black stools
C
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A) To aid in prompt diagnosis B) To reduce cardiovascular stress C) To minimize or eliminate causative factors D) To prevent and promptly identify complications
A plan of care for a patient with a low potassium level includes providing information about the effect of medications and dietary intake of foods high in potassium. How would a nurse measure achievement of an outcome for this plan?
A) physical assessment C) laboratory data B) health history D) patient statements
Identify the factor that is most important in the increased development of alternative ambulatory services
a. Increased length of hospital stays b. New technology that enables complicated and dangerous procedures to be performed on an outpatient basis c. Consumer demand for more technology in the cure of disease d. Establishment of satellite clinics in suburbs and rural communities
A nurse is using the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) II to assess a 10-month-old infant. Which of the following purposes does this screening serve?
a. DTaP-1 b. MMR c. Varicella d. Influenza