An older patient is prescribed warfarin for stroke prevention. A ...

[Yi-Chen]

An older patient is prescribed warfarin for stroke prevention. A nurse is providing patient educa-tion. Which of the following foods should the patient be taught to avoid? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Milk
  b. Whole grains
  c. Kale
  d. Spinach
  e. Red meats

Question 2

A 77-year-old Hispanic Catholic nun (retired) who immigrated to the United States 15 years ago lives alone but in an apartment complex where her biological sister lives as well.
 
  She is being discharged home after a hospitalization for congestive heart failure with prescrip-tions for eight different medications. She is considered at risk for noncompliance due to contrib-uting factors that include: (Select all that apply.)
  a. language barrier.
  b. living alone.
  c. large number of medications.
  d. ethnic background.
  e. religious background.

[macybarnes]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C, D
It is important to avoid leafy green vegetables when taking Coumadin.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B, C
Language barriers, living alone, and a large number of medications are all factors that have been shown to contribute to noncompliance in older adults. There is no evidence that ethnic or reli-gious background contributes to noncompliance.

[Yi-Chen]

Excellent

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