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michelleunicorn

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on: Jul 16, 2018
A 40-year-old client is scheduled to undergo a hysterectomy. The physician recommends
  that the client stop taking certain medications for at least a week prior to the surgery and
  avoid herbal supplements like green tea leaf, turmeric, and ginger
 
  during this period.
  Which explanation should the nurse give the client for avoiding herbal supplements in
  the preoperative period?
  A) May decrease the effect of anesthetic agents
  B) May interact with the antibiotics administered
  C) May cause slow healing of the incision
  D) May contribute to the risk of bleeding

Question 2

The hospice nurse is administering dolasetron mesylate (Anzemet) to a client who is in hospice care. Which of the following is a symptom that this medication is designed to control?
 
  A) Pain
  B) Nausea
  C) Diarrhea
  D) Constipation


isabelt_18

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback:
Dolasetron mesylate (Anzemet) is a medication used to control nausea. An example of a medication to control pain is morphine; for diarrhea, it is loperamide HCl (Imodium, Kaopectate), and for constipation, it is calcium polycarbophil (Fiberall, FiberCon, Konsyl Fiber).


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