The nurse educator is instructing new graduate nurses on the ...

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The nurse educator is instructing new graduate nurses on the differences in presentation and course of pneumonia in older adults. What differences should the educator include in this teaching?
 
  A) Older adults often do not experience chest pain or exhibit a high fever
  B) Older adults often develop sepsis before symptoms of pneumonia are evident
  C) Older adults more often develop lung consolidation rather than production of secretions
  D) Pneumonia in older adults is most often linked to exposure to environmental toxins over the course of a lifetime

Question 2

The board of a large chain of hospitals has commissioned a strategic plan in order to meet the care needs of baby boomers in coming years.
 
  Which of the following trends constitute a sound basis for understanding the baby boomer generation and conducting future planning? Select all that apply. A) Baby boomers tend to have fewer children than members of earlier generations.
  B) Adjusted for inflation, baby boomers have lower incomes than their parents had.
  C) Due to technology, baby boomers have more leisure time than other adults.
  D) Baby boomers perform physical exercise more frequently than other adults.

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Answer to Question 1

A
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Older adults often fail to manifest a fever or chest pain with pneumonia. Older adults do not develop sepsis before other symptoms of pneumonia occur and do not develop lung consolidation rather than secretions. Pneumonia is not often linked to exposure to toxins over the lifetime.

Answer to Question 2

A, D
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Baby boomers have had fewer children than generations that preceded them and they tend to exercise more often. Their incomes tend to be higher while they enjoy less leisure time.