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kwoodring

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An older patient is prescribed a thiazide diuretic as treatment for mild right heart failure. Which herbal supplements should the nurse instruct the patient to avoid while taking this medication? (Select all that apply.)
 
  A) Green tea
  B) Kava-kava
  C) White willow
  D) Cascara sagrada
  E) Aloe barbadensis

Question 2

The results of a 22-year-old college student's most recent Papanicolaou (Pap) test are suggestive of cervical cancer.
 
  Since learning of this news, the patient has asked numerous questions of all members of the health care team, including the nurses at the campus medical clinic. What patient teaching should the nurse at the clinic prioritize in this patient's care?
  A) Environmental influences on the etiology of genitourinary cancers
  B) The relationship between viruses and cervical cancer
  C) Genetic and familial factors in the development of cervical cancer
  D) The role that the immune system normally plays in preventing cancer



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Answer to Question 1

D, E
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Aloe barbadensis or cascara sagrada interacts with thiazide diuretics to cause an increased loss of potassium. Green tea can cause anorexia, diarrhea, insomnia, and vertigo. Kava-kava interacts with central nervous system depressants to cause increased sedation. White willow interacts with salicylates to cause increased antithrombotic effects.

Answer to Question 2

B



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