To answer a patient's question about home pregnancy tests and ...

[ENagel]

To answer a patient's question about home pregnancy tests and their accuracy, the nurse must know that accuracy is affected by: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.
 
  1. Unclear directions.
  2. Language above the 4th-grade level.
  3. Blood in the specimen giving a false reading.
  4. Completing the test too late.
  5. Tagged antibodies becoming outdated.

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a 34-week multiparous patient. The patient asks the nurse about taking some new herb she has heard about that will make her labor easier. The correct response from the nurse would be:
 
  1. It sounds fine to me. Go ahead and start taking it so it will be helping you by the time you go into labor..
  2. You need to talk to the doctor to determine whether it is safe for you to take..
  3. Look it up on the Internet and see what it says about it, as I have never heard of it..
  4. You would probably not want to start taking the herb until closer to your time to go into labor..

[akemokai]

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Home pregnancy tests can be inaccurate because the directions are unclear.
Rationale 2: Home pregnancy tests can be inaccurate because the directions are written above the 6th-grade level.
Rationale 3: Blood in the specimen does not affect the accuracy of a home pregnancy test.
Rationale 4: Completing the test too late or too early can cause inaccurate results.
Rationale 5: Antibodies are used for fluoroimmunoassay tests, not for home pregnancy tests.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: The nurse would never tell the patient to take herbal remedies without consulting with a physician.
Rationale 2: This is the correct answer. The nurse would always advise a pregnant patient to consult with the physician concerning herbal remedies.
Rationale 3: It is inappropriate to tell the patient to get advice about taking herbal remedies on the Internet.
Rationale 4: The nurse would never tell the patient to take herbal remedies without consulting with a physician.

[ENagel]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[ghepp]

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