A Patient Who Is 7 Months Pregnant and Who Has

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient who is 7 months pregnant and who has arthritis asks the nurse if she can take aspirin for pain.The nurse will tell her not to take aspirin for which reason?

• A)It can result in adverse effects on her fetus.
• B)It causes an increased risk of Reye's syndrome.
• C)It increases hemorrhage risk.
• D)It will cause increased gastrointestinal distress.

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Definitions:

Sensory Neurons

Nerve cells responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses.

Interneurons

Neurons located between sensory and motor pathways in the nervous system, involved in the processing and relay of information.

Spinal Cord

A long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain, enabling motor and sensory communication between the body and brain.

Spatial Summation

Summation of the local potentials in which two or more action potentials arrive simultaneously at two or more presynaptic terminals that synapse with a single neuron.