A potential harmful effect on patients who take some herbal medication is:
1. Constipation
2. Lead poisoning
3. Diarrhea
4. Life-threatening rash
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A woman who is 8 weeks' pregnant is visiting the clinic for a checkup. Her systolic blood pressure is 30 mm Hg higher than her prepregnancy systolic blood pressure. The nurse should:
a. Consider this a normal finding. b. Expect the blood pressure to decrease as the estrogen levels increase throughout the pregnancy. c. Consider this an abnormal finding because blood pressure is typically lower at this point in the pregnancy. d. Recommend that she decrease her salt intake in an attempt to decrease her peripheral vascular resistance.
The patient has been diagnosed with hepatitis C virus (HCV). At present, what is the primary risk factor for HCV transmission?
A) Lack of hand hygiene by food industry workers B) Multiple sexual contacts with either gender C) Contaminated needlestick exposure D) Contaminated blood transfusions
The nursing instructor is explaining the best way to assess whether active immunity has developed from the administration of the hepatitis B series. What would the instructor cite as the best assessment method?
A) Serum antibody levels B) Liver not palpable C) Aspartate aminotransferase within normal limits D) Absence of symptoms of hepatitis B infection
The client has just been typed and crossmatched for a unit of blood. Which statements by the nurse indicate a need for further genetic education? (Select all that apply.)
a. "The client can receive any unit of blood because all blood types are basically the same." b. "Blood type is formed from three possible gene alleles: A, B, and O." c. "Each blood type allele is inherited from the mother or the father." d. "If the client's blood type is AB, then the client is homozygous for that trait." e. "If the client has a dominant and a reces-sive blood type allele, only the dominant will be expressed."