A client has folic acid deficiency anemia. Which information in the nursing history would be of concern to the nurse? The client
a. cooks in cast iron skillets.
b. does not like to eat fish.
c. has one alcoholic drink a week.
d. takes metformin.
D
Metformin impairs folate uptake in the ileum.
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The nurse is teaching the patient, who has been newly prescribed etanercept (Enbrel), how to administer the medication. What statement is accurate?
A) "Be sure to drink a whole glass of water when swallowing the pill." B) "Do not take this medication for at least 1 hour after taking an antacid." C) "You can use each of the subcutaneous injection sites to avoid tissue damage." D) "Inject this medication deeply into the muscle to promote absorption."
An elderly female patient is diagnosed with sepsis from a urinary tract infection even though her only presenting symptom was a new onset of incontinence. Which of the following would explain this patient's diagnosis?
1. Older patients do not exhibit typical clinical manifestations and fever might not occur. 2. The patient has been sick for a while but did not want to go for treatment. 3. Older patients are usually confused and the patient did not realize she was ill. 4. Older patients are usually incontinent so the patient must have had other symptoms which she forgot.
Which personal question would be MOST effective in helping clarify a nurse's thought patterns?
a. What am I doing here? b. What is the cost? c. Who is at fault? d. What are my choices?
The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena is
a. theory. b. science. c. philosophy. d. nursing.