Orlistat (Xenical) Is Initiated for a Client with Obesity Who

question 53

Multiple Choice

Orlistat (Xenical) is initiated for a client with obesity who is taking warfarin. What health teaching would be most appropriate for this drug?

• A) If you overeat, you may take more medication to counteract your indulgence.
• B) You may resume your normal dietary habits while taking this drug.
• C) You will need to closely monitor prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR).
• D) Take the medication each evening 2 hours before taking warfarin.

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Definitions:

Independent Events

Two or more events where the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the others occurring.

Conditional Probability

The probability of an event given that another event already occurred. The conditional probability of A given B is P(A ∣ B) = P(A ∩ B)/P(B).

P(B | A)

The probability of event B occurring given that event A has already occurred, a concept in conditional probability.

P(A ∪ B)

The probability of the occurrence of at least one of two events, A or B, including the case where both events occur simultaneously.