According to the health guide books in the United States, people are urged to heal at home and take related drugs for treatment. If they have symptoms to relieve fever and pain, they will not be able to seek medical care until their condition deteriorates and they cannot take care of themselves.

What do you think about that for many of the sexual dysfunctions, the clinician gets to decide if there is a deficiency in functioning by using only their own clinical judgment that is not based on research or particular quantitative data?

Which of the following is an example of airborne transmission? a. sneezing by an infected person not covering his mouth b. acquiring a disease from an insect bite c. fomites, such as hospital bedding and linen d. inanimate objects, such as medical equipment and supplies

The nurse in a gynecology clinic is completing preoperative teaching for a patient scheduled for an abdominal hysterectomy next week. the patient states that she is currently taking 325 mg of aspirin daily for chronic joint pain, along with multivitamin. the patient has type 2 diabetes; she closely monitors her blood glucose levels. currently she is taking an oral hypoglycemic agent. the nurse advises her to ask the anesthesiologist whether she should take this medication the morning of surgery. q1. the nurse instructs the patient to stop taking the aspirin. what is the rationale for this action. q2. why is it important to assess the patient of use of herbal products prior to surgery. q3. the patient asks how surgery could affect her blood glucose; how should the nurse respond?