A nursing educator is talking with nurses about the effects of the aging process and neurologic changes. What would the educator identify as a normal neurological change that accompanies the aging process?
A) Hyperactive deep tendon reflexes
B) Reduction in cerebral blood flow (CBF)
C) Increased cerebral metabolism
D) Hypersensitivity to painful stimuli
B
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The following processes assure the health care consumer that a facility or agency meets minimal standards of care. Which process indicates additional confirmation of quality and higher-than-minimum standards in the delivery of care?
a. accreditation c. certification b. approval d. licensure
A nurse has completed giving discharge instructions to a patient after a hernia repair. What verbalization by the patient should lead the nurse to determine that the patient understands the instructions?
a. Go back to work tomorrow. b. Do not change the dressing until he sees his physician in 2 weeks. c. Ignore changes in the size of his abdomen. d. Report fever, redness, swelling, or in-creased pain at the incision site.
The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with coryza possibly from the rhinovirus. Vital signs are temperature: 101.2° F, pulse: 72 beats/minute, respirations: 28 breaths/minute, blood pressure: 112/70 mm Hg
Upon morning assessment, the client states a sore throat, moist cough, and watery eyes. The lungs are course in the bases. Which afternoon assessment finding suggests the advancement to an infectious process? A) Achiness B) Headache C) Temperature rise D) Increased respiratory rate
Which of the following is a result of capillary leakage that occurs in the nasal mucous membranes?
A. Wheals B. Nasal congestion C. Hives D. Edema in the nasal mucous membranes