In the discharge teaching plan for a client after MI, the nurse would include that the client should
a. begin walking for short periods every day.
b. continue previous lifestyle when ready.
c. resume sexual intercourse in 3 months.
d. take 1 aspirin every 8 hours as ordered.
A
The physician may allow sexual intercourse 4 to 8 weeks after an MI. The nurse should encourage frequent walks; the walking program aims for a goal of 2 miles in less than 60 minutes. After an acute MI, many clients are instructed to take 1 aspirin daily.
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A) "How can we integrate cultural beliefs and preferences into drug therapy?" B) "How can we use pharmaceuticals in an effort to improve the human genome?" C) "How can we best treat the diseases that are known to be more prevalent in certain groups?" D) "How can we customize drugs to be especially effective for particular individuals and groups?"
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a. asthma, cirrhosis, nasopharyngeal cancer. b. Gaucher's disease, hypercholesterolemia, stomach cancer. c. hypertension, diabetes mellitus, glaucoma. d. lactase deficiency, osteoporosis, peptic ulcer disease.
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a. Toxic blood levels of the drug are more likely to occur. b. Higher drug dosages will be needed for the intended action to occur. c. The drug will be eliminated more rapidly in the feces rather than in the urine. d. Delivery of this drug by the parenteral route is more effective than by the enteral route.