While completing an admission assessment, the nurse learns that a female adult patient has smoked a pack of cigarettes daily for 20 years and works at a chemical plant. From this information, what is this patient most at risk for?
1. Decline in muscle mass
2. Nutritional deficiencies
3. Depression and social isolation
4. Occupational hazard shortening life expectancy
4. Occupational hazard shortening life expectancy
Explanation: 1. While muscle mass does naturally decline in older adults, there is no indication that she is not physically active.
2. In older adults, adequate nutrition can be a concern, yet there is no indication that she is not adequately nourished.
3. In older adults, depression and social isolation are a risk, yet there is no indication that she is not socially active.
4. Exposure to occupational risk factors has been known to affect life expectancy in men and will have the same effect on women given similar circumstances.
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