A nurse is planning to care for a patient with a disease that is a major cause of death and disability in the United States. The nurse is caring for which patient?
a. One with an acute disease
b. One with a chronic disease
c. One with an infectious disease
d. One with an exotic disease
B
Because of successes in public health, medicine, and biomedical technology, acute and infectious diseases are no longer major causes of death, disease, and disability in the United States. Many health care analysts believe that the heaviest burden of illness today is caused by chronic diseases. Exotic diseases are rare.
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