While obtaining the health history, it is important for the nurse ...

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While obtaining the health history, it is important for the nurse to ask the client about the use of herbal products, over-the-counter remedies, and dietary supplements because:
 
  1. they should be stopped during admission to the hospital.
  2. they should be increased during a time of illness.
  3. these are not important items to talk about and should not be asked about.
  4. these products may have potential interactions with medications that are being prescribed.

Question 2

Blood work of a female client shows an increase in the production of estradiol. The nurse realizes that this hormone is controlled by:
 
  1. positive feedback.
  2. negative feedback.
  3. nervous feedback.
  4. reverse feedback.

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Answer to Question 1

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Herbal products, over-the-counter remedies, and dietary supplements may have potential interactions with medications that are being prescribed, and a history of use of these products is necessary to avoid possible drug interactions.

Answer to Question 2

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Even though most of the hormones in the endocrine system are under a negative feedback mechanism, estradiol is not one of those hormones. Estradiol is controlled by a positive feedback mechanism in that when it increases, there will be in an increase in the production of follicle-stimulating hormone by the anterior pituitary.