A client with heart disease and diabetes tells the nurse that she takes herbal supplements. The nurse realizes that the client should avoid ingesting which of the following supplements?
1. Dandelion root
2. Licorice
3. Garlic
4. Ginger
ANS: 2
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The family had just moved to the city when the illness struck the father. The wife had always been a stay-at-home mother with the three young children. The nurse drew up a list of short-term resources,
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Dermal appendages include which of the following structures? (select all that apply)
a. Apocrine glands b. Nails c. Dermal papilla d. Hair e. Eccrine glands