Name five reasons younger people may be residents in a long-term-care facility.

What will be an ideal response?


The five reasons include a traumatic brain injury, a spinal cord injury, a developmental disability, a chronic disease, and AIDS.

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Which of the following statements concerning immersion hypothermia is false?

a. It can occur even if the head is above water and the entire torso is submersed. b. Death will occur within a few minutes. c. The function of arm and leg muscles can be lost within 10–15 minutes. d. It takes more than 30 minutes for an individual to become hypothermic.

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What term is described as “a recorded measurement of time during a sleep study of multiple physiologic variables”?

A. epoch B. circadian cycle C. time cycle D. critical incident

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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset of the left ankle and foot is reported with code _____.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The hormone produced by the beta cells in the pancreas is:

A. glucagon. B. thyroxin. C. insulin. D. ACTH.

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