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A patient, age 64, has osteoarthritis of the left hip. He has had a left total hip replacement. The nurse should
 
  a. encourage use of the high Fowler's position.
  b. administer oxygen through a nasal cannula.
  c. encourage use of an incentive spirometer.
  d. turn the patient frequently from side to side.

Question 2

The emergence of today's nuclear family units has changed the roles and functions of family members in many ways. In counseling elders and their families, which of the following beliefs about aging should a nurse be aware as one of these ways?
 
  A) Children are expected to provide financial support for their aging parents
  B) Grandparents are spending more time with their grandchildren than ever before
  C) Older adults enjoy freedom from responsibility for their adult children's welfare
  D) Older parents and their children grow apart, seldom developing satisfying adult-to-adult relationships


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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The use of incentive spirometers is valuable in assisting the patient to perform adequate respiratory ventilation to prevent pneumonia.

Answer to Question 2

C
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Children are no longer expected to provide financially for their aging parents, and grandparentingaltho ugh important and satisfyingis a long-distance undertaking in families that live many miles apart. Today's parents do, however, often enjoy satisfying adult-to-adult relationships with their grown children. Today's parents are free from responsibilities for their adult children more than any generation before, and many actively enjoy that freedom in middle age and later life.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 11, 2018
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