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Tazate · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is obtaining a history of a patient with hepatitis A. Which question is most appropriate for the nurse to ask?

a. If using drugs, do you share needles?
b. Do you always practice safe sex?
c. Have you traveled to Canada in the last month?
d. Do you eat shellfish or oysters often?

Question 2

The nurse is teaching a patient with a newly resolved episode of epistaxis. Which information is important for the nurse to include? (Select all that apply.)

a. Avoid sneezing.
b. Rest for several hours until all threat of epistaxis is gone.
c. Avoid rubbing the nose.
d. Gently remove clotted blood from the oc-cluded nostril.
e. Blow the nose gently in small breaths.

momolu · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
Shellfish and mollusks can be contaminated by living in feces-contaminated water. Drug use and unprotected sex are not part of the etiology of hepatitis A but are for hepatitis B. Travel to Cana-da is not associated with hepatitis A.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, C
The patient should avoid sneezing, rest for several hours, and avoid rubbing the nose. The patient should not attempt to remove clotted blood or blow the nose.