Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Exercise 3

Priority Decision: While the nurse is obtaining a health history for a patient, the patient tells the nurse that he uses a number of herbs to maintain his health.What is the most important thing the nurse can do to address the patient's use of these products?
A) Ask the patient what effects the various products have.
B) Have a working knowledge of commonly used herbs and dietary supplements.
C) Reassure the patient that the products can continue to be used with conventional therapies.
D) Warn the patient that there is limited research on the therapeutic and harmful effects of herbal products.