The causes of poverty are complex and interrelated. Which of the following factors affect the growing number of poor persons in the United States?
1. Increased earnings
2. Changes in the labor force
3. Better education and job skills
4. Adequate welfare benefits
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Changes in the labor force affect the growing number of poor persons in the United States.
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A patient drifts off to sleep when she is not being stimulated. The nurse can easily arouse her by calling her name, but the patient remains drowsy during the conversation. The best description of this patient's level of consciousness would be:
a. Lethargic b. Obtunded c. Stuporous d. Semialert
A client with several chronic health problems has been newly diagnosed with a qualitative platelet defect. What component of the patient's previous medication regimen may have contributed to the development of this disorder?
A) Calcium carbonate B) Vitamin B12 C) Aspirin D) Vitamin D
The nurse is caring for a family within an impoverished community. What is it important for the nurse to understand about families?
a. They are made up of a set of interacting individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption. b. They are comprised of a group of indi-viduals living together who may not be related. c. They all have one unique form indepen-dent of cultural or ethnic orientations. d. They all have the same strengths, weak-nesses, resources and challenges.
An elderly client tells the nurse that she realizes that as she ages, her body parts and organs are just going to "wear out" and she will die. This client is describing which theory of aging?
a. Stress b. Cross-linkage c. Somatic mutation d. Programmed aging