Which of the following normal aging changes affects the way medications are processed in the body of an older adult?
a. decreased renal clearance
b. decreased cardiac output
c. impaired absorption in the gut
d. all of the above
D
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The student nurse enters the cafeteria and joins others who are making fun of the nursing instructor for being so particular in the skills lab. What is the most caring response the student can make?
1. Tell the other students that they are being mean and then leave the table. 2. Shame the students for being so uncaring and cruel. 3. Ask the other students why they think the instructor is so picky. 4. Laugh and tell a story of a personal reprimand received from the instructor.
A pregnant patient is admitted with excessive thirst, increased urination, and a medical diagnosis of diabetes insipidus. The nurse chooses which nursing diagnosis as most appropriate?
1. Risk for Imbalanced Fluid Volume 2. Excess Fluid Volume 3. Imbalanced Nutrition 4. Ineffective Tissue Perfusion
A nurse in a master's degree program is considering a career as a nurse practitioner, a relatively new role for a nurse. The inception of nurse practitioners occurred in the
a. 1930s c. 1950s b. 1940s d. 1960s
An S3 heart sound may be a normal finding in patients younger than ____________________ years of age
Fill in the blank with correct word