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A nurse counsels a patient with a new prescription for a 10-day course of penicillin for strep throat. It is important to include which instruction?
 
  1. Discontinue the medication as soon as symptoms resolve to reduce the risk of resistance.
  2. Family members who have the same symptoms should also receive treatment.
  3. Discontinue the agent as soon as symptoms resolve to prevent allergic reactions.
  4. Take the entire prescribed drug to prevent the recurrence of infection and potential resistance.

Question 2

A patient starting a weight loss session should be counseled that weight loss has which benefit(s)? You may select more than one answer.
 
  1. It reduces blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
  2. It prevents type 1 diabetes.
  3. It increases high-density lipoproteins.
  4. It reduces glucose in persons with type 2 diabetes.
  5. It increases low-density lipoproteins



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answers: 1, 3, 4




EY67

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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