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A female patient has been diagnosed with a pelvic fracture that she sustained during a fall. The physician has ordered strict bed rest for this patient. The patient is crying and states, I'm not used to lying in bed all day.
 
  I have many things I need to do at home. An appropriate nursing diagnosis for this patient would be ____________ related to decreased mobility. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

The nurse visits an 81-year-old man with a recent diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease who lives at home with his wife (his primary caregiver).
 
  Recently, the man has begun to be incontinent of urine, a development that his wife states accompanied a decline in his cognition. How would the nurse most likely categorize this incontinence? A) Urge incontinence
  B) Functional incontinence
  C) Overflow incontinence
  D) Stress incontinence



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Answer to Question 1

powerlessness

Strict bed rest can cause a normally active person to feel powerless because she is unable to carry out her daily activities.

Answer to Question 2

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Incontinence that results from dementia is classified as functional incontinence rather than urge, overflow, or stress incontinence.




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


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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