A nurse is completing an initial assessment on a new patient being seen in the hospital clinic. The female patient presents with vague symptoms of tiredness and large areas of ec-chymosis. The question that would be most important to ask is:
1. "Are you allergic to anything?"
2. "Do your gums bleed easily?"
3. "How many hours do you sleep?"
4. "How frequent are your periods?"
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Bleeding gums are indicative of general bleeding tendencies. Sleep and frequency of periods are not significant, but the heaviness of the period is significant. History can reveal infor-mation pertinent to assisting the physician in making a diagnosis.
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A. Massage the auricle. B. Massage the external auditory meatus. C. Massage the tragus. D. Massage the pinna.
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