Adonia went to her doctor and told him about some of her concerns. She is starting to forget some of her appointments. She has had a couple of late notices on her bills, which confused her because she thought she paid

them. Once she had lunch in a local cafe and could not remember how to get home. The doctor suggested she may

have one of the stages of Alzheimer's.

Which stage of Alzheimer's would the doctor most likely say she has?

O mild

O moderate

severe

O extreme

The nurse in a gynecology clinic is completing preoperative teaching for a patient scheduled for an abdominal hysterectomy next week. the patient states that she is currently taking 325 mg of aspirin daily for chronic joint pain, along with multivitamin. the patient has type 2 diabetes; she closely monitors her blood glucose levels. currently she is taking an oral hypoglycemic agent. the nurse advises her to ask the anesthesiologist whether she should take this medication the morning of surgery. q1. the nurse instructs the patient to stop taking the aspirin. what is the rationale for this action. q2. why is it important to assess the patient of use of herbal products prior to surgery. q3. the patient asks how surgery could affect her blood glucose; how should the nurse respond?