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The nurse is identifying the different sleep patterns of assigned patients on a geriatric care unit. Which patient is demonstrating the typical sleep pattern of a patient who is older?
 
  A) Age 82 patient sleeps a total of more than 12 hours out of 24
  B) Age 90 patient describes the quality of sleep as better than it ever was
  C) Age 80 patient falls asleep early in the evening but wakes up before dawn
  D) Age 79 patient sleeps in until 9 o'clock each morning despite a lifetime of early rising

Question 2

A nurse is conducting a workshop for a group at a senior center. Which member of the group has the highest statistical risk of developing cancer within the next year?
 
  A) An obese 75-year-old woman
  B) An 85-year-old Swedish woman
  C) An 85-year-old Italian man
  D) A 75-year-old man with a poor diet



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Answer to Question 1

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The patient who falls asleep early in the evening but wakes up before dawn is demonstrating the behavior of phase advance. The other patients are not demonstrating typical sleep patterns of an older person.

Answer to Question 2

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Although an individual's risk can only be estimated statistically, the risk of cancer is high for all these persons because age is the highest risk factor. The Swedish woman is probably in the most danger; her fair skin is likely to have been burned at times, increasing her risk of melanoma, and she is at the beginning of the peak age for cancer in women. Obesity and poor diet are risk factors, but the persons in choices A and D are a bit younger. The Italian man probably has darker skin that provided greater protection from the sun than if he were of northern European ancestry; also, he has survived the peak years of cancer in men.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Wow, this really help


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

 

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