What is the duration of SERM use for menopausal issues?
1. It matches the 5 years for estrogen products
2. The bone health impact allows long-term use
3. The increased risk of breast cancer encourages tapering as soon as possible
4. The abnormal lipid profile contributes to an early termination as soon as hot flashes no longer occur
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Which of the following genitourinary tract changes is least likely to occur with aging?
a. incomplete emptying of the bladder b. increased glomerular filtration rate c. diminished blood flow to the kidney d. decreased ability to respond to fluid and electrolyte changes
The client has been ordered treatment with lansoprazole. The client is being treated for a duodenal ulcer. Because the drug is being used to treat this condition, the nurse anticipates that the client will be ordered:
a. 15 mg daily as maintenance. b. 30 mg daily for 8 weeks. c. 15 mg daily for 4 weeks. d. 30 mg twice daily for 2 weeks.
A nurse caring for a patient taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) will develop outcome criteria related to:
a. coherent thought processes. b. improvement in depression. c. reduced levels of motor activity. d. decreased extrapyramidal symptoms.
The nurse is giving a patient who has mitral stenosis a preoperative antibiotic. Which of these, if stated by a patient, indicates to the nurse correct understanding of why the antibiotic is necessary?
a. "To prevent infection of the surgical incision." b. "To prevent postoperative pneumonia." c. "To prevent a bacterial infection in the heart." d. "To prevent an increase in body temperature."