Your client is suffering from a condition in which there is a decreased mass per unit volume of normally mineralized bone, primarily from a loss of calcium that makes bones brittle and porous. Your client is suffering from:
1. osteoporosis.
2. ankylosis.
3. contracture.
4. a pressure ulcer.
ANS: 1
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a. Flush with a low concentration of heparin. b. Always change the end cap with each me-dication dose. c. Change the intravenous (IV) insertion site every day. d. Flush with 0.9% saline solution.
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A. Self-care knowledge B. Tacit knowledge C. Explicit knowledge D. Common knowledge
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