Which of the Following Patients Would Be at Greatest Risk

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following patients would be at greatest risk in a healthcare visit (select all that apply) ?

• A)Clyde requires an anticoagulant. He tells the nurse about his medications. He does not include an herbal supplement.
• B)George is very shy and withdrawn. He asks the nurse to leave him alone.
• C)Sarah is a new parent who finds that nurses on the children's unit are very helpful. She is eager to accept all suggestions, including those that she does not yet understand.
• D)Claude is booked for bowel surgery. His doctor explains about the colostomy. Later, Claude tells his wife that he really doesn't know what the doctor meant by colostomy.

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