Answer to Question 1
A
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A Correct. To provide culturally competent care, the nurse gathers data about the culture, the elder, and the specific culture's impact on the elder, organizes the data, and applies the information by planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.
B Incorrect. Planning includes supporting cultural patterns.
C Incorrect. Assessing includes increasing cultural knowledge.
D Incorrect. The nurse assesses strengths and weaknesses of the elder in a context of the elder's culture and uses the information to plan care.
Answer to Question 2
B
Surgical joint replacement can cure OA and is the only cure for the disease. OA is a degenerative joint disease, whereas rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory process. Medications are used to control the pain of OA. The joint damage cannot be reversed except through joint replacement surgery. Surgical joint replacements are recommended even for those who are very old.
The surgical nurse assists the client into the correct position
The nurse uses a noninvasive bladder ultrasound to measure the client’s bladder volume.
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To check pupillary reflexes the nurse first holds the penlight
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