Your client is admitted to the hospital for new-onset hypertension, and chest pain
During the admission interview you ask the client if she takes over-the-counter medications, and she states no. She adds that she routinely visits a fold healer. Your response includes
A) obtaining a list of the herbs and folk medications that are taken and notifying the physician.
B) requesting the client to stop the ingestion of the folk herbs.
C) calling poison control with the list of herbs and folk medications.
D) encouraging the client to continue to take the herbs and folk medications.
A
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