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The nurse is educating a female patient with a family history of coronary artery disease (CAD) about risk factors and prevention of heart disease in women. Which information is most impor-tant for the nurse to include?
 
  a. Women should maintain a body mass in-dex (BMI) of less than 28.
  b. Women should utilize estrogen supple-mentation to decrease risk of heart dis-ease.
  c. Women should drink one alcoholic beve-rage daily.
  d. Women should incorporate stress reduc-tion techniques into their daily lifestyle.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a patient recovering in the PACU. The patient awakens confused and disoriented. What action should the nurse take first?
 
  a. Take the patient's vital signs.
  b. Encourage the patient to return to sleep.
  c. Reorient and reassure the patient.
  d. Document that the patient is awake and disoriented.



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Answer to Question 1

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Increased stress is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, especially in women. Women should incorporate stress reduction techniques into their daily lifestyle. Women should maintain a BMI of less than 25 . Women should discontinue use of estrogen contraception/supplementation as soon as possible. Women should not consume more than one alcoholic drink per day, and ab-staining from alcohol is beneficial.

Answer to Question 2

C
The patient should be reoriented and assured when awaking from anesthesia.



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