During a follow-up visit with a patient recently started on Coumadin, the home health nurse is concerned after seeing an herbal remedy that enhances the effect of anticoagulants by the patient's bedside.

What is this herbal remedy?

A nurse is assisting with teaching a class about aromatherapy. The nurse should include that which of the following essential oils can promote sleep.

The nurse is assisting in a seminar for newly licensed nurses, teaching about characteristics of the heart. The nurse shows understanding of the heart when she states that the innermost layer of the heart is called the.

A nurse is assisting with teaching a class about massage therapy. The nurse should include that which of the following is a possible adverse effect of massage therapy.

The nurse is providing information about high cholesterol levels.

What is the rationale for avoiding saturated fats?

The nurse is educating a patient with phlebitis of the left leg.

What alternative therapy should this patient avoid until the condition is resolved?

The nurse reminds the male patient with lactose intolerance that he can avoid the unpleasant symptoms of nausea, bloating, flatulence, and diarrhea if he will avoid certain foods. What product should the patient be instructed to avoid?

A nurse is preparing to administer a pre-packaged oral medication to a client and complete the final medication check. At which of the following times or places should the nurse perform this final check?

A nurse collecting data on a client who has iron deficiency.

Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse discovers a medication error in which the client received twice the prescribed amount of medication. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

The nurse is taking care of a patient who is newly diagnosed with heart disease. The patient is asking questions about how blood flows through the heart.

The nurse responds, when the left ventricle contracts, it pushes blood through a valve to the: