The nursing care of a client with muscular dystrophy is focused on symptomatic treatment and supportive care, with a major emphasis on problems pertinent to
a. ambulation.
b. elimination.
c. nutrition.
d. respiration.
D
Treatment of muscular dystrophy is largely symptomatic. Care focuses on increasing the client's comfort and functional ability. Breathing exercises may be initiated for respiratory decompensation. Death usually occurs from respiratory or cardiac failure.
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a. actual loss c. physical loss b. perceived loss d. psychological loss
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1. The divorced one from the binuclear family 2. The stepfather from the blended or reconstituted family 3. The divorced one when the single-parent mother has custody 4. The nonbiologic one from the heterosexual cohabitating family