The Nurse Is Teaching a Mixed-Gender Class How to Prevent

question 10

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching a mixed-gender class how to prevent heart attacks.What important factor related to gender will the nurse include in the teaching plan?

• A)Heart disease affects men and women equally.
• B)All medications used to prevent heart attacks affect men and women the same.
• C)Certain medications,such as aspirin,are more effective in preventing heart attacks in women than in men.
• D)Certain medications,such as aspirin,are more effective in preventing heart attacks in men than in women.

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Definitions:

Pulmonary Vein

The blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.

Left Atrium

One of the four chambers of the heart, receiving oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumping it into the left ventricle.

Pulmonary Artery

The blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.

Postcava

Another term for the inferior vena cava, the large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart.