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nummyann

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on: Jun 27, 2018
When caring for an elderly client with postmenopausal osteoporosis, the nurse institutes measures based on the understanding that the client is at risk for which of the following?
 
  A) Multiple myeloma
  B) Bone fracture
  C) Bone chondrosarcoma
  D) Osteosarcoma

Question 2

Which of the following actions could you initiate to reduce the discomfort of a woman in labor whose fetus is in an occiput posterior position?
 
  A) Urge her to maintain a prone position.
  B) Place her in a Trendelenburg position.
  C) Apply ice packs to her lower back.
  D) Massage her lower back.


Tabitha_2016

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D


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