The nurse is collecting data from a patient with liver failure to detect encephalopathy. What instructions should the nurse give to the patient to collect this data?
a. "Stand with your eyes closed."
b. "Hold out your arms and hands."
c. "Kneel on your hands and knees."
d. "Bear down as though you were having a bowel movement."
ANS: B
Neuromuscular function is monitored by asking the patient to hold his or her arms out straight in front and steady. If asterixis, or liver flap, is present, the patient's hands will unwillingly dip and return to the horizontal position in a flapping motion. A. C. D. These actions do not check for encephalopathy.
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a. gender diversity involving generational norms or cultural considerations. b. life span diversity. c. disability diversity. d. morphology diversity.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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A) Live longer with their long-term disabilities B) Maintain youth and delay the onset of old age C) Accept the limitations imposed by genetic tendencies toward cellular degeneration D) Postpone the negative consequences of the aging process
Hydroxyapatite found in bone matrix contains a combination of which molecules in its crystalline structure?
a. Calcium and magnesium b. Calcium and phosphate c. Phosphate and magnesium d. Magnesium and hydrogen