SCRN Exam One with Questions and Answers

SCRN Exam One with Questions and Answers You are providing discharge education for your 30yo femle TIA pt. Her workup has not revealed a clear etiology for TIA. Which of the following scenarios would be MOST concerning for you? A) She indicates she occasionally has 3-4 beers a day, especially on the weekend, and she is a 1 pack/day smoker B) Her husband asks if he needs to stop smoking marijuana in the same room as her now C) Her hx includes that she takes birth control pill and she is a 1 pack/day cigarette smoker D) She asks if she will need to take an aspirin for the rest of her life because she hates feeling like an old lady ANSWER C While each of these answers may raise an opportunity for lifestyle education, the combination of birth control pills and smoking is proven to be a significant risk for stroke, so that is the most important factor to address In reviewing stroke RF at a community health fair, one audience members says he has a 20 year hx of cigarette smoking. What will you include in your response to this group? A) Smoking cessation may not help him anymore, but he has a responsibility to those around him B) Smoking cessation will eliminate all risk of stroke C) Smoking filtered cigarettes reduces the risk of stroke by 50%