Which Information Obtained by the Nurse Who Is Admitting the Patient

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which information obtained by the nurse who is admitting the patient for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will be most important to report to the health care provider before the MRI?

• A) The patient has an allergy to shellfish.
• B) The patient has a history of atherosclerosis.
• C) The patient has a permanent ventricular pacemaker.
• D) The patient took all the prescribed cardiac medications today.

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