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cmoore54 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse gathering admission data learns that a client on anticoagulants is also taking over-the-counter medications and supplements. Which of the following supplements taken by the client could interfere with anticoagulation therapy?

1. Ginkgo biloba
2. Vitamin C
3. Calcium
4. Parsley extract

Question 2

The unlicensed assistive personnel says to the nurse, I always hear the nurses talking about the nursing process. Why is the nursing process so important to nurses? The nurse's best response would include which of the following points?

1. The facility requires that we use the nursing process to take care of clients.
2. Nurses use the nursing process as a problem-solving method to provide better client care.
3. The nursing process is used to make sure we don't forget something.
4. The nursing process is mandated for use by the state board of nursing.

aprice35067 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Ginkgo biloba is taken by clients to reduce memory loss, but it has anticoagulant properties, and so could impact therapy placing the client at risk for bleeding complications. Vitamin C and calcium supplements taken as ordered are safe, and would not impact anticoagulant therapy. There is no such thing as parsley extract.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: The nursing process is a problem solving approach to nursing care that takes the critical thinking involved in the care of the client through a step by step process.