The nurse explains that the older adults account for a large percentage of the total deaths resulting from falls. This percentage is:
1. 13%.
2. 27%.
3. 40%.
4. 72%.
4
Older adults constitute only 12% to 13% of the total U.S. population, but they account for 72% of total deaths resulting from falls.
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? 1. "The client's intracranial pressure dictates how high I position the head of the bed.". 2. "I am careful to elevate the head of the client's bed to 30 degrees.". 3. "The most controllable factor in managing intracranial pressure (ICP) is head elevation.". 4. "I elevate the client's head when the intracranial pressure is increasing.".
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A. nitrofurantoin B. fosfomycin C. Ciproflaxacin D. doxycycline