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Lewis's Medical Surgical Nursing in Canada, 5th Edition
Chapter 5 Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a patient with type 2 diabetes who has been hospitalized with severe hyperglycemia. Which of the following topics will be most important to include in discharge teaching?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: One of the tasks for patients with chronic illnesses is to prevent and manage a crisis. The patient needs instruction on recognition of symptoms of hyperglycemia and appropriate actions to take if these symptoms occur. The other information also may be included in patient teaching, but is not as essential in the patient's self-management of the illness.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following diseases has the highest proportion of chronic illness deaths in Canada?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Cardiovascular diseases (37%) were responsible for the highest proportion of global deaths in 2012, followed by cancers (7%), chronic respiratory diseases (8%), and diabetes (4%).
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following is an example of multimorbidity?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Multimorbidity is the simultaneous occurrence of several chronic medical conditions, which may or may not be related to each other, in the same person. Pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and appendicitis are all acute conditions.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following factors has a major impact on the development of chronic illness?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage are recognized to have a major impact on the development of chronic illness. Social stability, urban living, and having a high school education are not factors contributing to the development of chronic illness.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following statements is true related to nonmodifiable risk factors for chronic illness?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Nonmodifiable risk factors cannot be changed. Requiring intervention in order to change, altering, and changed with perseverance all indicate that change is possible.