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craiczarry · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

A client meets a former classmate at a 10-year college reunion. The client tells the nurse that the classmate was bald. The classmate had a full head of red hair when they graduated from college.

Based on this information, the client asks the nurse what might cause alopecia. What could be a possible reason the nurse could identify as a cause of the classmate's alopecia? A) High secretion of melanin
B) Hereditary factors
C) Use of hair care products
D) Active lifestyle

Question 2

A client is brought to the trauma center of a major medical center following a serious motor vehicle accident.

Using the nursing process, the nurse has to perform timely therapeutic nursing interventions while evaluating their effects and completing further assessments of the client and planning priorities of what to do next. This type of functioning by the nurse demonstrates which aspect of the nursing process? A) Its dynamic nature
B) Its continuous nature
C) Its systematic nature
D) Its experimental nature

Galvarado142 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback:
The nurse should identify hereditary factors as the cause for the classmate's hair loss. Baldness is related to hereditary factors, emotional stress, disease, high fever, surgery, pregnancy, starvation, chemotherapy, or radiation factors. Melanin gives hair and skin its color, the greater the amount of melanin, the darker the hair, but the excess secretion of melanin does not cause baldness or alopecia. An active lifestyle is not known to cause alopecia. Use of hair products does not lead to baldness or alopecia in clients.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
The nursing process is ever changing or dynamic; it contains definite steps, which may overlap or occur all at once. Reassessment, reevaluation, and revision of the nursing care plan indicate its continuous nature. Specific steps to identify and meet the client's needs indicate the systematic nature of the nursing process. The nursing process is not experimental; it is purposeful and methodical.