A woman calls the clinic because she is having an unusually heavy ...

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A woman calls the clinic because she is having an unusually heavy menstrual flow. She tells the nurse that she has saturated three tampons in the past 2 hours. The nurse estimates that the amount of blood loss over the past 2 hours is _____ mL.
 
  a. 20 to 30
  b. 30 to 40
  c. 40 to 60
  d. 60 to 90

Question 2

The following patients call the outpatient clinic. Which phone call should the nurse return first?
 
  a. A 44-year-old patient who has bloody discharge after a hysteroscopy earlier today
  b. A 64-year-old patient who is experiencing shoulder pain after a laparoscopy yesterday
  c. A 34-year-old patient who is short of breath after pelvic computed tomography (CT) with contrast
  d. A 54-year-old patient who has severe breast tenderness following a needle aspiration breast biopsy

[Li Jun]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
The average tampon absorbs 20 to 30 mL.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The patient's dyspnea suggests a delayed reaction to the iodine dye used for the CT scan. The other patient's symptoms are not unusual after the procedures they had done.

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[matt95]

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