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lidoalex

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A 30-year-old woman is in labor and has been provided with nitrous oxide. Before administering this gas, the nurse should provide what teaching point?
 
  A) This will help with your pain without making you very drowsy.
  B) This will help you to keep laboring but will block out some of the memories after the fact.
  C) This will help you to focus more on your labor.
  D) This will relax you and relieve your anxiety so you can labor effectively.

Question 2

Recently a 40-year-old woman has become interested in alternative therapy as a means to maintain and enhance her state of health. However, she has developed hypertension and will be prescribed an antihypertensive agent.
 
  The nurse's health history reveals that the patient eats a balanced diet, swims regularly, and occasionally takes an over-the-counter medication for allergies. A priority assessment for the nurse will be to determine
  A) the amount of dietary fiber in the patient's diet.
  B) how much exercise the patient gets daily.
  C) if the patient is taking any nutritional supplements.
  D) if the patient is taking herbal or botanical medications regularly.



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bulacsom

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D



lidoalex

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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