The nurse preparing an educational program focused on herbal supplement targets as a likely interested group:
a. Inner city females who lives below the poverty level
b. White females who own their own successful businesses
c. Male Hispanic Americans who are single, divorced, or widowed
d. Men and women from small rural communities who are self-employed farm-ers
ANS: B
Non-Hispanic, white, older, normal-to-underweight women with more education were found to use dietary supplements more than any other racial/ethnic age or gender group.
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a. "Take your medications right before you go to bed so that you can sleep through an ADR." b. "Keep a written record of the date and time an ADR occurs." c. "Stop taking the drug and flush it down the toilet." d. "Immediately seek medical help."
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a. lipids. b. fibers. c. protein. d. carbohydrates.
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A. Decreased bone mass and calcium absorption, which increase risk for fractures B. Pain when ambulating due to increased bone mass and minerals C. Vertebrae lengthening and thinning, which leads to increased bone production D. Difficulty with dexterity after age 50