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londonang

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The family of an older patient with Alzheimer's disease does not want to discuss long-term care placement for at least a few years. How should the nurse respond to the family?
 
  1. Long-term care placement is inevitable with this diagnosis.
  2. It often takes a year for an individual with Alzheimer's disease to be admitted.
  3. Talking about it now gives you time to think about locations and make a decision.
  4. By providing this information now, we will not need to address these concerns later.

Question 2

A 75-year-old male client is seen at a primary care physician's office for a routine yearly checkup. Which finding as part of the checkup is suggestive of a pathological process involving the hematologic system?
 
  A) hemoglobin: 15.0
  B) WBC: 9000
  C) splenomegaly
  D) pulse rate of 86 beats per minute



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aprice35067

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Placement in a long-term care facility may or may not occur with the patient. It is not a fate of all patients with this disease process.

Answer to Question 2

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londonang

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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