Author Question: The nurse feeding a client who has had a stroke observes that the client is having difficulty ... (Read 54 times)

tatyanajohnson · **on:** Aug 20, 2018

The nurse feeding a client who has had a stroke observes that the client is having difficulty swallowing the foods on her tray. The nurse recognizes this as:

a. angina.
b. a TIA.
c. dysphagia.
d. cardiac cachexia.

Question 2

A patient with heart failure complains of a poor appetite and weakness, and the nurse notices that the patient has begun losing weight. The nurse recognizes this as:

a. cardiac cachexia.
b. anorexia nervosa.
c. cardiomyopathy.
d. myocardial infarction.