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ss2343

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on: Jul 22, 2018
A nurse educator explains to staff nurses that diarrhea can quickly become life-threatening in elderly patients because
 
  1. The elderly patient's total body water percentage increases, making it easier to become dehydrated.
  2. Their decreased ability to concentrate on many daily functions makes them forget to drink fluids, particularly when they are ill.
  3. Thirst is already diminished, and their percentage of body water is decreased, making them more susceptible to dehydration.
  4. Their decreased stature and weight increases the likelihood that they will become dehydrated.

Question 2

A nurse suspects a patient is developing a bowel obstruction a few days postoperatively. Auscultation of the abdomen finds
 
  1. Low-pitched, hypoactive bowel sounds in all quads.
  2. Hypoactive bowel sounds in all four quads.
  3. Bowel sounds are high pitched and hyperactive in right lower quad (RLQ) and right upper quad (RUQ), and hypoactive in left upper quad (LUQ) and left lower quad (LLQ).
  4. Bowel sounds are hypoactive in RUQ and active in RLQ, LUQ, and LLQ.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 3


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