An older adult patient tells the home health nurse, My doctor ...

[nautica902]

An older adult patient tells the home health nurse, My doctor hasn't helped my arthritis at all. I am using the chiropractor now. The patient has gone from:
 
  a. Western medicine to complementary therapy.
  b. complementary therapy to alternative therapy.
  c. alternative therapy to allopathic medicine.
  d. allopathic medicine to alternative therapy.

Question 2

As the nurse assesses the edematous cardiac patient, she is aware that the condition is a result of retained fluid and the patient is:
 
  a. hyponatremic.
  b. hypokalemic.
  c. hypernatremic.
  d. hypercalcemic.

[bimper21]

Answer to Question 1

D
Alternative therapies may become the primary treatment modality; for instance, the patient switching from traditional (allopathic) medicine to chiropractic (alternative).

Answer to Question 2

C
Hypernatremia is a greater-than-normal concentration of sodium, which leads to retained fluids and edema.