When discussing diabetes with a patient, the nurse describes this disease as falling into which group in terms of duration?
a. Acute
b. Organic
c. Chronic
d. Functional
C
Diabetes mellitus is an example of a chronic disease.
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A. Biology B. Genetics C. Genomics D. Inheritance
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a. provide teaching about anticipatory grieving. b. assign new hospice personnel to the case. c. refer the spouse for crisis intervention. d. arrange hospitalization for the patient.
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A) Perforation into the mediastinum B) Everything tastes hot C) Erosion into the great vessels D) Everything tastes cold E) Obstruction of the esophagus