Bone marrow transplants are given to patients who cannot make their own blood cells. The transplant gives a patient stem cells. What best explains what is happening when the patient receives the transplant? -Transplanted cells change bacteria into blood cells. -Germ cells cause a release of blood cells. -Bacterial cells produce a toxin to make more blood cells. -Cells that have an undefined role develop into blood cells.

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?