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KWilfred · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

A 79-year-old woman is scheduled to undergo hip replacement surgery after a fracture that was caused by a fall. Which of the following age-related changes may have contributed to the woman's susceptibility to bone fracture?

A) Increased protein synthesis
B) Infections within the synovial capsules of the knees and ankles
C) Loss of neural control of balance
D) Increased bone resorption

Question 2

A nurse admits an older adult from a long-term care facility into the hospital for respiratory infection. Which diagnostic testing should the nurse anticipate?

A) Electrocardiogram
B) Lung cancer screening
C) Mantoux testing
D) Pulmonary function testing

234sdffa · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
The process of bone resorption accelerates with age, resulting in lower bone density. Changes in various aspects of the nervous system accompany the aging process, but a loss of neural control of balance is not normally among these. Infection is never a normal, age-related change and protein synthesis decreases, not increases, with age.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Residents of long-term care are at risk for tuberculosis. While cancer and cardiac and lung function testing may occur, testing for tuberculosis should be done to screen for this contagious disease to protect others.