Which statement indicates to the nurse that the patient...

Which statement indicates to the nurse that the patient understands teaching regarding the use of herbal supplements? “Herbal supplements may interact with the medication my physician has ordered.” “I do not need to tell my physician that I am using a herbal supplement.” “This is not considered a treatment for my illness since it wasn’t ordered by my physician.” “Since this is a natural remedy, I do not need to worry about adverse effects of using it.”

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00:01 This question asks us about a clinical scenario where a 25 -year -old woman comes into the prenatal clinic asking about things that are safe to take during pregnancy.

00:10 So let's set up the situation first.

00:12 We have a 25 -year -old person.

00:16 She is pregnant and shares with the nurse her desire to go quote -unquote natural with her pregnancy.

00:24 She shows the nurse a list of herbal remedies that she wants to buy so she can avoid taking any drugs.

00:30 Drugs.

00:30 So we know that she's talking about herbal remedies and looking to avoid drugs.

00:38 Now this is a multiple choice question, so we don't need to get too detailed in this scenario here.

00:43 Let's just look at the possible answers.

00:45 So we want to make sure the nurse makes a correct factual statement.

00:49 So we're going to mark whether these statements are true or false, and then we're going to pick the one true one, hopefully.

00:54 So first statement here, the nurse says something along the lines of of most herbal remedies are not harmful and are safe for use during pregnancy.

01:04 So we'll just say most herbal remedies are safe during pregnancy.

01:10 This is probably true in the loose sense, in the sense that most means like more than half, but there are definitely herbal remedies that are not safe to use during pregnancy.

01:22 So it feels like a weak statement to me.

01:25 I don't like it for a true statement.

01:27 Let's continue on and read the next one.

01:30 The nurse could also say, keep in mind that products from different manufacturers are required to contain consistent amounts of herbal products.

01:38 So we'll say products have consistent amounts.

01:46 I guess we shouldn't just say that products have consistent amounts because the statement that the nurse specifically makes is that products are required to have certain amounts.

01:57 When you think about required here in this context, we mean required by the fda, which is actually what makes this statement definitely false.

02:05 Herbal remedies are not regulated by the fda, the food and drug administration, and so they don't necessarily have to have consistent amounts...

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