A 49-year-old client comes to the clinic with complaints of severe perimenopausal symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats, urinary urgency, and vaginal dryness.
The physician has prescribed a combination hormone replacement therapy of estrogen and progestin. When the client asks the nurse why she must take both hormones, the best reply is: A. Hot flashes respond better when replacement includes both hormones.
B. You are having very severe symptoms, so you need more hormones replaced.
C. There is an increased risk of tissue abnormality inside the uterus if only one is given.
D. Your blood pressure may become elevated if only one hormone is used.
Question 2
The nurse is caring for a newborn with jaundice. The parents question why the newborn is not under phototherapy lights.
The nurse explains that the fiber-optic blanket is beneficial because of which of the following? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Lights can stay on all the time.
2. The eyes do not need to be covered.
3. The lights will need to be removed for feedings.
4. Newborns do not get overheated.
5. Weight loss is not a complication of this system.
A nurse adjusts the rate of a client’s IV.
Signs and symptoms of chronic liver failure.
A severe food shortage occurred in the Netherlands during the “Hunger Winter” of 1944–1945.
Selected Vitamins: Food Sources, Functions, and Deficiency and Toxicity Symptoms (continued)
Foods for Baby’s First Year
Client’s view with visual field loss