The nurse is teaching a mixed-gender class how to prevent heart attacks. What important factor related to gender will the nurse include in the teaching plan?
1. Heart disease affects men and women equally.
2. All medications used to prevent heart attacks affect men and women the same.
3. Certain medications, such as aspirin, are more effective in preventing heart attacks in women than in men.
4. Certain medications, such as aspirin, are more effective in preventing heart attacks in men than in women.
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Heart attacks are more common in women later in life. Men are affected early in the lifespan.
Rationale 2: Some medications affect gender differently, based on the different expression of the genes.
Rationale 3: Aspirin is more effective in preventing heart attacks in men than in women.
Rationale 4: Aspirin is more effective in preventing heart attacks in men than in women.
Global Rationale: Aspirin is more effective in preventing heart attacks in men than in women. Heart attacks are more common in women later in life. Men are affected early in the lifespan. Some medications affect gender differently, based on the different expression of the genes.
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