A postmenopausal patient is at high risk of developing osteoporosis. The patient's prescriber orders raloxifene [Evista], and the nurse provides teaching about this drug. Which statement by the patient indicates an understanding of the teaching?
a."I may experience breast tenderness while taking this drug."
b."I may experience fewer hot flashes while taking this drug."
c."I should discontinue this drug several weeks before any surgery."
d."I should walk as much as possible during long airline flights."

For years, tobacco products have included a message from the surgeon general warning the negative effects of tobacco use. at this time, a push is being made for the fda to begin to regulate e-cigarettes in order to mandate warning labels and age restrictions. write a paragraph that identifies 2 health problems that have been linked to nicotine and/or tobacco use. you should include statistics demonstrating the incidence of problems among smokers and provide a resource citing where you found the information provided. (remember from unit 1 what makes a resource reliable.) due in 2

Mrs. kirby, 58, is a moderately active woman. she works in the garden almost daily, occasionally walks with her friends, and babysits her three very active young grandchildren every weekend. she eats a fairly standard diet every day: she has cereal with milk and coffee for breakfast, some kind of salad for lunch, and a piece of meat or fish with a healthy of veggies for dinner. she usually skips desserts or has just a couple of strawberries. when asked to look at the food labels and calculate her intake of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in grams over the entire day, on an average day, she came up with the following numbers: carbohydrates: 243 g fats: 41 g proteins: 63 g calculate what percentage of mrs. kirby's total energy intake came from carbohydrates.

The age of receding pandemics is one of three progessive ages of epidemiologic transition. select one: true false