The daughter of an 83-year-old client contacts the nurse to ask about resources for her mother who has moved here from another city. She explains that her mother is alert, oriented,
and mobile but is at home alone all day, every day and she is concerned about her cooking while no one is home. To which community resource should the nurse refer the daughter?
A) Senior center or adult day care
B) American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
C) Meals on Wheels
D) Home Health Care
A
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1. Sublimation. 2. Regression. 3. Intellectualization. 4. Compensation.
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Retention of excessive amounts of waste products of protein metabolism in the blood is known as
a. oliguria. b. jaundice. c. nephritis. d. uremia.
A client is diagnosed with hyponatremia. Which of the following assessment findings would cause the nurse to become concerned? (Select all that apply.)
1. Confusion 2. Poor appetite 3. Restlessness 4. Lethargy 5. Seizures 6. Coma