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A nurse is assessing a client who reports using several herbal and A. Urinary health promotion
vitamin supplements daily, including saw palmetto. The nurse
should recognize that saw palmetto is a supplement used by Explanation: Saw palmetto is used primarily for manifestations related to prostatic
clients to elicit which of the following therapeutic effects? conditions, such as benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Its effectiveness has not been
scientifically proven, however. The nurse should teach the client to check with the provider
A. Urinary health promotion about interactions between saw palmetto and other medications.
B. Immune system stimulation
C. Decreased leg pain from arterial disease B.Echinacea is a popular herb widely used in the U.S. primarily to reduce the manifestations
D. Prevention of nausea caused by motion sickness and duration of colds and flu-like illnesses, although its effectiveness has not been proven.
C. Ginkgo biloba has become a widely used dietary supplement in the United States for
increasing cognitive functions in elderly people, although this effect has not been proven.
Ginkgo has been shown to improve leg pain of intermittent claudication and other peripheral
arterial disorders.
D. Ginger root is sometimes used to prevent and treat nausea caused by motion sickness,
seasickness, and other causes.
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A nurse is preparing a discharge teaching plan for a 6-year-old A. Add a spacer to each MDI
client who has asthma and several prescription medications using
metered dose inhalers (MDIs). Which of the following Explanation: MDIs are difficult to use correctly and, even when properly used, only a portion
interventions should the nurse include in the plan? of the medication is delivered to the lungs. A spacer applied to an MDI can make up for lack
of hand-lung coordination by increasing the amount of medication delivered to the lungs.
A. Add a spacer to each MDI
B. Instruct the child to inhale more rapidly than usual when using B. The client who uses an inhaler should be taught to inhale the medication slowly over 3 to
an MDI 5 seconds for maximum effectiveness.
C. Request that the provider change the child's medications from
inhaled to oral formulations. C. There are advantages to delivering medications for asthma by inhalation, including
D. Administer oxygen by facemask along with the MDI enhanced therapeutic effects, decreased systemic adverse effects, and quick relief when
short-acting bronchodilators are used. Changing the child's medications to oral formulations
is not an effective intervention.
D. Administering oxygen along with inhaled medications does not increase the amount of
medication reaching the lungs. In addition, oxygen therapy should be administered on the
basis of low oxygen saturation and other assessments. It is not appropriate to administer
oxygen by facemask along with the MDI.
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has postmenopausal C. "I will need to depress the side arms to activate the pump."
osteoporosis and a new prescription for intranasal calcitonin-
salmon. Which of the following statements by the client indicates Explanation: The nurse should instruct the client to activate the pump on the initial use by
an understanding of the teaching? holding the bottle upright and depressing the two white side arms toward the bottle six times.
A. "I will administer a spray into each nostril daily." A. The nurse should instruct the client to administer calcitonin-salmon to one nostril daily,
B. "I should expect nasal bleeding for the first week." alternating nostrils.
C. "I will need to depress the side arms to activate the pump."
D. "I should expect to take this medication for a short-term B. The nurse should instruct the client that nasal bleeding, or ulcerations, are indications to
course of treatment." discontinue the medication and to notify the provider if nasal bleeding occurs.
D. Calcitonin-salmon is a long-term treatment therapy for postmenopausal osteoporosis. The
medication has no documented long-term adverse effects.
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A nurse is assessing a client who reports using several herbal and A. Urinary health promotion
vitamin supplements daily, including saw palmetto. The nurse
should recognize that saw palmetto is a supplement used by Explanation: Saw palmetto is used primarily for manifestations related to prostatic
clients to elicit which of the following therapeutic effects? conditions, such as benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Its effectiveness has not been
scientifically proven, however. The nurse should teach the client to check with the provider
A. Urinary health promotion about interactions between saw palmetto and other medications.
B. Immune system stimulation
C. Decreased leg pain from arterial disease B.Echinacea is a popular herb widely used in the U.S. primarily to reduce the manifestations
D. Prevention of nausea caused by motion sickness and duration of colds and flu-like illnesses, although its effectiveness has not been proven.
C. Ginkgo biloba has become a widely used dietary supplement in the United States for
increasing cognitive functions in elderly people, although this effect has not been proven.
Ginkgo has been shown to improve leg pain of intermittent claudication and other peripheral
arterial disorders.
D. Ginger root is sometimes used to prevent and treat nausea caused by motion sickness,
seasickness, and other causes.
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A nurse is preparing a discharge teaching plan for a 6-year-old A. Add a spacer to each MDI
client who has asthma and several prescription medications using
metered dose inhalers (MDIs). Which of the following Explanation: MDIs are difficult to use correctly and, even when properly used, only a portion
interventions should the nurse include in the plan? of the medication is delivered to the lungs. A spacer applied to an MDI can make up for lack
of hand-lung coordination by increasing the amount of medication delivered to the lungs.
A. Add a spacer to each MDI
B. Instruct the child to inhale more rapidly than usual when using B. The client who uses an inhaler should be taught to inhale the medication slowly over 3 to
an MDI 5 seconds for maximum effectiveness.
C. Request that the provider change the child's medications from
inhaled to oral formulations. C. There are advantages to delivering medications for asthma by inhalation, including
D. Administer oxygen by facemask along with the MDI enhanced therapeutic effects, decreased systemic adverse effects, and quick relief when
short-acting bronchodilators are used. Changing the child's medications to oral formulations
is not an effective intervention.
D. Administering oxygen along with inhaled medications does not increase the amount of
medication reaching the lungs. In addition, oxygen therapy should be administered on the
basis of low oxygen saturation and other assessments. It is not appropriate to administer
oxygen by facemask along with the MDI.
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has postmenopausal C. "I will need to depress the side arms to activate the pump."
osteoporosis and a new prescription for intranasal calcitonin-
salmon. Which of the following statements by the client indicates Explanation: The nurse should instruct the client to activate the pump on the initial use by
an understanding of the teaching? holding the bottle upright and depressing the two white side arms toward the bottle six times.
A. "I will administer a spray into each nostril daily." A. The nurse should instruct the client to administer calcitonin-salmon to one nostril daily,
B. "I should expect nasal bleeding for the first week." alternating nostrils.
C. "I will need to depress the side arms to activate the pump."
D. "I should expect to take this medication for a short-term B. The nurse should instruct the client that nasal bleeding, or ulcerations, are indications to
course of treatment." discontinue the medication and to notify the provider if nasal bleeding occurs.
D. Calcitonin-salmon is a long-term treatment therapy for postmenopausal osteoporosis. The
medication has no documented long-term adverse effects.
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