The nurse assesses a 94-year-old resident of a nursing home who has diabetes mellitus. For which of the following signs and symptoms should the nurse perform a blood glucose test?
A) Restlessness and postural hypotension
B) Somnolence and slurred speech
C) Perspiration and incontinence
D) Numbness and weak pulses
B
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Rather than the classic symptoms of hypoglycemia that one would anticipate in younger adults, older individuals instead may experience confusion, abnormal behavior, altered sleep patterns, nocturnal headache, and slurred speech. Uncorrected hypoglycemia can cause tachycardia, arrhythmias, myocardial infarctions, cerebrovascular accident, and death.
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A student asks the anatomy and physiology instructor to explain the two hemispheres of the brain and what they regulate. What statement, if made by the instructor, is accurate?
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A virtuous person, according to Burkhardt and Nathaniel (2008), has:
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