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jenna1

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A woman is living alone. She suffers from degenerative joint disease, hypertension, and neuropathy. It is difficult for her to bathe herself, and her blood pressure is unstable. The client would benefit from
 
  A) Acute care
  B) Ambulatory care
  C) Home care
  D) Respite care

Question 2

When the patient restricts use of her dominant arm because of pain and the nurse notes that the measurement of the circumference of the patient's nondominant arm is greater
 
  than her dominant arm, the nurse determines that the lack of use has resulted in the dominant arm's
 
  A) Atrophy
  B) Hypertrophy
  C) Dystrophy
  D) Malrotation



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: C

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A



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