A medical term that means muscle weakness is ________.

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


Answer: myasthenia

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The nursing instructor is teaching the student nurses about the origin and risk factors leading to lung abscess. Which statement confirms proper learning of the student nurse about the subject?

1. "One of the most prominent risk factors includes obesity." 2. "Lung abscesses lead to the complication of bacterial pneumonia." 3. "Intraoral drug use poses a risk factor for lung abscess." 4. "Staphylococcal endocarditis is the initial stage of lung abscesses."

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Antonia is a 31-year-old female. She does not smoke and eats a healthy diet. She drinks often with her friends. She works in a paint factory. Her mother and grandmother have both had breast cancer

Discuss Antonia's relative risk for breast cancer and her modifiable risks for any other forms of cancer. What should she do in order to be proactive about her health? What will be an ideal response?

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Ovo-lacto vegetarians cannot acquire all the essential nutrients they need through their diet alone and need to take a multivitamin/multimineral supplement

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A closed fracture is best described as a fracture of the bone with

A. No open wound B. Bent bone. C. A shattered bone D. An open wound.

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