What does an elevated CRP and homocysteine indicate in general?
Elevated CRP indicates that inflammation is present in the body but does not identify where the inflammation is located.
Elevated homocysteine has been associated with numerous disease states, including atherosclerosis. However, it has not been established if homocysteine causes the disease state or if the disease state causes elevated homocysteine. Most articles indicate that elevated homocysteine is in some way associated with disease, particularly atherosclerosis, but the American Heart Association has not, at the time of this writing, declared it as a risk factor for CHD.
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1. Appropriate introductions between the nurse and client 2. Cultural differences in education among the caregivers 3. Difficulty accessing electronic health information by the client 4. Generational differences among the client, caregiver, and nurse 5. Language barriers between the nurse and the caregiver and client
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1. emphysema continues to smoke. 2. diabetes mellitus uses sugar substitute. 3. a drug problem blames his mother for his habit. 4. osteoarthritis angrily kicks the steps that he cannot climb.
The nurse explains the importance of taking folic acid prior to and during pregnancy because the fetal nervous system is present by the:
A) week. B) week. C) week. D) week.
A client tells the nurse that he is anemic because of a "poor diet." Which deficiencies cause nutritional anemias? (Select all that apply.)
1. Iron deficiency 2. Folic acid deficiency 3. Vitamin C deficiency 4. Vitamin D deficiency 5. Vitamin A deficiency 6. Vitamin B-12 deficiency