What is the best explanation for cancer being associated with old age?
a. mutant cells attach themselves and surface as cancer
b. the immune system stops working around age 80
c. decreased ability to resist disease and prolonged exposure to carcinogens
d. rate of smoking among older adults has increased in the past decades
C
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A) hypovolemia. B) hypervolemia. C) a normal pressure. D) valvular stenosis.
Which is not one of the Fulmer SPICES categories?
a. Pain b. Confusion c. Falling d. Incontinence
A patient has been brought to the emergency department with multiple trauma after a motor vehicle accident. After immediate threats to life have been corrected in a patient with multiple trauma, the nurse and trauma team will what?
A) Perform a rapid physical assessment B) Splint fractures C) Perform a thorough physical examination D) Establish the patient's age
What are the four phases of pharmacokinetics that a drug goes through?
1. Absorption, distribution, ionization, and metabolism 2. Diffusion, bioavailability, metabolism, and excretion 3. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion 4. Active transport, ionization, diffusion, and excretion