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tnt_battle

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Which of the following patients will have an increased metabolic rate and require nutritional interventions?
 
  A) a healthy young adult who works in an office
  B) a retired person living in a temperate climate
  C) a person with a serious infection and fever
  D) an older, sedentary adult with painful joints

Question 2

A nurse assessing a patient's wound documents the finding of purulent drainage. What is the composition of this type of drainage?
 
  A) clear, watery blood C) mixture of serum and red blood cells
  B) large numbers of red blood cells D) white blood cells, debris, bacteria



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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