A nurse caring for elderly clients in an assisted living facility is required to educate clients on the effects of aging on the endocrine system
When caring for elderly clients, the nurse identifies which factor is a result of aging on the endocrine system? A) Decrease in metabolic rate
B) Wakefulness at night
C) Decrease in voluntary movements
D) More susceptible to heat stroke
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Decreased metabolic rate is one of the results of aging on the endocrine system. Wakefulness at night, decrease in voluntary movements, and being more susceptible to heat stroke are results of aging on the nervous system and on the endocrine system.
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