The nurse is reviewing the chart of an elderly client before the client comes into the clinic. In this review, the nurse reads that the client has sarcopenia. Of what will the nurse expect to find the client complaining?
A)
Weight loss and nausea
B)
Bleeding and bruising tendencies
C)
Hair loss and thin skin
D)
Lack of strength and tiring easily
D
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What should the nurse stress in a teaching plan for the mother of an 11-year-old boy with ulcerative colitis?
a. Preventing the spread of illness to others b. Nutritional guidance and preventing constipation c. Teaching daily use of enemas d. Coping with stress and adjusting to a chronic illness
A client was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and the family is concerned about what this may mean for them and their loved one. The nursing student knows that helping this family adjust to the client's illness:
A) Is doing your job. B) Decreases the client's stress. C) Normalizes the family's experience. D) Teaches the client communication skills.
A client is admitted to the hospital after being found in a car on the side of a bridge complaining of having a heart attack. Following extensive tests, it is found the client did not have a heart attack. The client most likely was having:
A) Suicidal feelings. B) Posttraumatic stress disorder. C) Transitory cardiac symptoms. D) A panic attack.