Taste buds begin to decrease in number, and lose sensitivity and mass at about age ____________________ in women and age ____________________ in men.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
50 to 60
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1. "Would you like to increase your therapy visits?" 2. "Let's look at the plan of care together." 3. "Who told you that you weren't accomplishing your goals?" 4. "I will discuss your feelings with the doctor."
A nurse provides education for a patient who has just started taking buspirone (BuSpar)
The patient asks the nurse, "When should I expect to see an effect from the medication?" The nurse's best response would be based on the understanding that the effects of buspirone begin in most patients during which time frame? a. 3 days b. 24 to 48 hours c. 1 day d. 4 to 6 weeks
The exhausted caregiver to a patient with moderate Alzheimer's disease asks what respite care entails. The nurse replies that respite care is:
a. placing the patient in a long-term care fa-cility for a short period of time for the ca-regiver to rest. b. bringing in home health aides to do housework to lighten duties of the care-giver. c. accompanying patient to a long-term care facility and staying there while the facility staff do physical care. d. attending a support group to ventilate feelings and communicate with other ca-regivers.
A patient is admitted to the ICU with a C5—C6 subluxation fracture. He is able to move his legs better than he can move his arms. Which of the following statements is true about his spinal cord injury?
a. He is likely to be in supraventricular tachycardia. b. Hyperthermia is common in patients with spinal cord injury. c. These patients do not usually require mechanical ventilation. d. The patient has a central cord syndrome.