Which of the following is an age-related musculoskeletal change ...

[jazziefee]

Which of the following is an age-related musculoskeletal change that predisposes the older adult to accidents?
 
  a. Increase in muscle function
  b. Increase in joint mobility
  c. Increase in nocturia
  d. Decrease in muscle strength

Question 2

A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a patient with a fractured humerus. The patient is going home with Vicodin (5/325). What important patient education does the nurse provide?
 
  a. Be sure to eat a meal high in fat before taking the medication, to avoid a stomach ulcer.
  b. Narcotics can be addictive, so do not take them unless you are in severe pain.
  c. You need to drink plenty of fluids and eat a diet high in fiber.
  d. As your pain severity lessens, you will begin to give yourself once-daily intramuscular injections.

[cascooper22]

Answer to Question 1

D

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A Rather than increasing with age, muscle function decreases.
B Joints become less mobile with age, not more mobile.
C Nocturia is common in older adults and increases their risk of injury; however, it is a genitourinary change, not a musculoskeletal system change.
D Musculoskeletal system changes associated with aging that increase the risk of accidents in the older adult include decreased muscle strength and function, joints becoming less mobile, bones becoming more brittle, postural changes, and limited range of motion.

Answer to Question 2

C
A common side effect of opioid analgesics is constipation. Therefore, the nurse encourages the patient to drink fluids and eat fiber to prevent constipation. Although medications can be irritating to the stomach, eating a diet high in fat does not prevent gastric ulcers. To best manage pain, the patient needs to take pain medication before painful procedures or activities or before pain becomes severe. As the patient's pain gets better, the strength of the medications will decrease. IM, IV, and topical analgesics are used for more severe and chronic pain.

[jazziefee]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[cascooper22]

Great! Please up vote