While having his height measured during a routine health examination, a 79-year-old man asks the nurse why he is 'shrinking.' How should the nurse explain the decreased height that occurs with aging?

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While having his height measured during a routine health examination, a 79-year-old man asks the nurse why he is 'shrinking.' How should the nurse explain the decreased height that occurs with aging?

A. Decreased muscle mass results in a stooped posture B. Loss of cartilage in the knees and hip joints causes a loss of height C. Long bones become less dense and shorten as bone tissue compacts D. Vertebrae become more compressed with thinning of intervertebral discs

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

Why did the patient's wife's husband not receive clot-busting medication (tPA)?

A. He didn't arrive within the timeframe for that therapy. B. Not everyone is eligible for this drug. Has he had surgery lately? C. You should discuss the treatment of your husband with his doctor. D. The medication you are talking about dissolves clots and could cause more bleeding in your husband's brain.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

During the diagnosis and long-term management of a seizure disorder, what should the nurse recognize as one of the major needs of the patient?

A. Managing the complicated drug regimen of seizure control B. Coping with the effects of negative social attitudes toward epilepsy C. Adjusting to the very restricted lifestyle required by a diagnosis of epilepsy D. Learning to minimize the effect of the condition in order to obtain employment

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 4 of 5

In providing care for patients with chronic, progressive neurologic disease, what is the major goal of treatment that the nurse works toward?

A. Meet the patient's personal care needs. B. Return the patient to normal neurologic function. C. Maximize neurologic functioning for as long as possible. D. Prevent the development of additional chronic diseases.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

A nursing intervention that would be appropriate to provide respite care?

A. Help the wife to arrange for adult day care for the patient. B. Encourage permanent placement of the patient in the Alzheimer's unit of a long-term care facility. C. Refer the wife to a home health agency to arrange daily home nursing visits to assist with the patient's care. D. Arrange for hospitalization of the patient for 3 or 4 days so that the wife can visit out-of-town friends and relatives.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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