A patient tells the nurse,"Take a look at the bruises on my arms and legs.I take a multivitamin tablet daily and no other medicine.The bruises started about a week after I began taking some nutritional supplements from the health food store." The nurse should focus assessment questions on the patient's use of supplements containing vitamin:

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Vitamin E has anticoagulant properties.Generally,a multiple vitamin tablet contains the minimum daily requirement of each vitamin.Taking nutritional supplements containing additional vitamin E would have the potential for causing bruising and hemorrhage.Excess Vitamin A,B,and C do not produce anticoagulant effects.

A Patient Tells the Nurse,"Take a Look at the Bruises