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genevieve1028

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A patient has a serum cholesterol of 250 with a low HDL and high triglycerides. The nurse realizes that this patient's coronary heart disease risk would be
 
  a. low c. high
  b. borderline d. not enough informa-tion to determine

Question 2

The nurse would be most concerned about which of the following when assessing an older adult in terms of mobility?
 
  1. muscle strength
  2. risk for falls
  3. flexibility
  4. endurance


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

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A high coronary heart disease risk is associated with a cholesterol over 240 mg/dl, LDL level greater than 160 mg/dl, an HDL level of less than 35 mg/dl, and triglycerides over 500 mg/dl.

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ANS: 2


genevieve1028

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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:D TYSM

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