Nurses inquire about life style behaviors in those clients with specific risk factors for cataracts
The characteristics labeled with numbers ____________________ are associated with risk factors for cataracts. (Your answer should appear as numbers separated by commas and spaces [e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4].)
1. Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day
2. Having parents with cataracts
3. Chronic consumption of alcohol
4. Having a chronic disease, such as diabetes mellitus
5. Being Asian
6. Being a man
ANS:
1, 3, 4
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Which statement regarding the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) position on the use of information technology (IT) by healthcare professionals is accurate?
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a. body weight. b. energy intake. c. serum sodium level. d. amount of output.
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A. hepatitis A. B. hepatitis B. C. hepatitis C. D. hepatitis D.