A 56-year-old patient has come to the clinic for his routine eye examination and is told he needs bifocals. The patient asks the nurse what in his eye has changed so that he needs bifocals. What should the nurse respond?
A) "You know, you are getting older now, and we change as we get older."
B) "The parts of our eyes age, just like the rest of us."
C) "There is a gradual thickening of the lens of the eye, and it can limit accommodation of the eye."
D) "The eye gets shorter, back to front, as we age, and it changes how we see things."
C
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a. Dementia in an older adult can cause grief in the caregiver, comparable with the grief from the older adult's death. b. Middle-aged adults and older parents re-verse life-long caregiving roles with in-creasing age. c. Older adults should relocate to the care-giver's home when long distances separate the two. d. Increasing numbers of adult children who are developmentally disabled become ca-regivers for their older parents.
A patient has been treated in the emergency room for epistaxis. What information should the nurse include in patient discharge teaching to prevent epistaxis?
A) Keep nasal passages clear. B) Use a dehumidifier. C) Avoid picking the nose. D) Use a tissue when blowing the nose.
Parents ask the nurse why an over-the-counter cough suppressant with sedative side effects is not recommended for infants. Which response by the nurse is correct?
a. "Babies have a more rapid gastric empty-ing time and don't absorb drugs well." b. "Cough medicine tastes bad, and infants usually won't take it." c. "Infants are more susceptible to central nervous system effects than are adults." d. "Infants metabolize drugs too rapidly, so drugs aren't as effective."
Misty, a 26-year-old G3, TPAL 3004 postpartum woman, has a deep vein thrombosis related to antenatal bedrest therapy, multiple gestation (giving birth to twins) and an operative birth
She is now 48 hours postpartum and states, "I feel anxious and have some pain in my chest". Misty's respiratory rate is 28 breaths/minute. The perinatal nurse's most appropriate first step would be to: A) Summon help B) Initiate oxygen therapy C) Assess Misty's blood pressure and pulse D) Assist Misty into a Trendelenberg position