Which of the Following Patients Would Be at Greatest Risk

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following patients would be at greatest risk in a health care visit?

• A) Bruno requires an anticoagulant. He tells the nurse about his medications. He does not include an herbal supplement.
• B) Glen is very shy and withdrawn.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 scheduled for bowel surgery. His surgeon explains about the colostomy. Later, Claude tells his wife that he really does not know what the surgeon meant by "colostomy."

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