A nurse at the local health department has been asked to give a presentation on stress and anxiety to a group of seniors at the local senior center. Which event should the nurse include as an example of a common stressor among older adults? (Select all that apply.)
1. Medicare cutting benefits
2. Local grocery store closing
3. A friend fell and broke a hip
4. Grandchild ran away from home
5. Bridge tournament starts tomorrow
1. Medicare cutting benefits
2. Local grocery store closing
3. A friend fell and broke a hip
4. Grandchild ran away from home
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The nurse is caring for a client who sustained a brain injury and is no longer competent to make health care decisions. The nurse suggests that decisions for care:
1. Be determined by the physician. 2. Are the responsibility of social services. 3. Be made by the agent named in the durable power of attorney. 4. Be made by the client's spouse.
The nurse is auscultating tracheal breath sounds. Which should the nurse anticipate the normal findings to sound like?
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