To help prevent falls related to muscle weakness, what type of exercises should be selected for the aging patient?

What is the best test to identify the risk of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women?

The patient complains to the nurse about a newly developed intolerance to milk. What should the nurse suggest to fulfill calcium needs?

What is age-related vision change caused by the loss of elasticity of the lens called?

What is the greatest problem with lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) use?

A perceived threat to self causes what emotion?

A young adult patient has come into a dermatology clinic and reports having had a single 1-in lesion that was scaly with a raised border and a pink center on the chest. Now, a little more than a week later, there are smaller matching spots of the rash on both sides of the chest. The nurse observes pink, oval-shaped spots that are 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in across. What condition does the nurse suspect the health care provider will diagnose?

A patient who has sustained a burn injury will undergo wound debridement. The nurse includes which explanation when explaining the purpose of burn wound debridement?

The school nurse recognizes the signs of scabies when a child displays which symptom?

What is the last intervention for a hospitalized severely burned victim during the emergent phase?

A nurse is caring for an older adult who lives in a long-term care facility on the Alzheimer unit. Every evening around 5:00 p.m., the resident becomes increasingly agitated and more confused, a state that lasts throughout the evening. The nurse recognizes this behaviour as: