A patient wants to discuss birth control options. She is a 36-year-old woman who is in a long-term, monogamous relationship.
She runs 2 miles a day but also smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. Which birth control method should the nurse discourage her from using?
A) Combination oral contraceptives
B) Condoms
C) Coitus interruptus
D) Spermicides
Question 2
A 20-year-old patient with no children is seeking medical care for constant pain in the lower abdomen.
During the health history the nurse notes that she also complains of general malaise, fatigue, dizziness, diarrhea, and headache, all symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea. Which other condition must the physician rule out before primary dysmenorrhea is diagnosed?
A) PMS
B) TSS
C) Secondary dysmenorrhea
D) Pregnancy
Patient Teaching Methods Cont.
Examples of endocrine disorders. (B) A patient with a goiter.
Long-Range Forecasts
Head of a patient with tertiary syphilis.
Toxoplasma gondii in the heart of an HIV patient.
A patient is talking to the nurse about her husband’s abuse and attempt to strangle her. She ...