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lb_gilbert · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Which of the following factors is contributing to the shortage of nurses in Canada, according to studies done by the Canadian Nurses Association (1997, 2002)?

a. Increased birth rate creating a greater demand for nursing services
b. New technology replacing nurses at the bedside
c. Fewer people wishing to practice as nurses, because health trends are focusing on natural and alternative therapies
d. A large percentage of nurses retiring in the next two decades

Question 2

A 70-year-old patient must have her blood pressure checked during each shift. She asks the nurse to explain her hypertension.

The nurse's reply is based on the knowledge that the older adult patient often experiences hypertension because of which of the following changes? a. Vascular changes related to aging.
b. Reduction in physical activity
c. Ingestion of processed foods high in sodium
d. Myocardial damage and venous insufficiency

at · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
Canadian nursing is challenged by an aging work force, a high retirement rate, and a lack of full-time positions. Over 50 of nurses graduated more than twenty years ago.
The aging population is creating the greater demand for nursing services.
The fact that new technology is replacing nurses at the bedside is not a factor identified by the CNA as contributing to the shortage of nurses.
The fact that health trends are focusing on natural and alternative therapies is not a factor identi-fied by the CNA as contributing to the shortage of nurses.

Answer to Question 2

A

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A Although hypertension is not a normal physiological change of aging, older adults often experience hypertension because of vascular changes. Vascular changes include thickening of vessel walls, narrowing of vessel lumen, and loss of vessel elasticity. Systolic or diastolic hypertension (systolic pressure >140 mm Hg, diastolic >90 mm Hg) is seen in 50 of older adults.
B Hypertension is not caused by a reduction in physical activity.
C Older adults with hypertension should be counselled on limiting fat and salt in their diets; however, ingestion of processed foods high in salt is not the reason that older adult patients often experience hypertension.
D Myocardial damage and venous insufficiency are not the reasons that older adults commonly experience hypertension.