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Rank the following clients in order from highest to lowest risk for developing osteoporosis. Your answer should be a four-digit number.
 
  1 . Small-boned, underweight 40-year-old woman
  2 . Overweight 55-year-old with type II diabetes
  3 . 60-year-old African American woman who smokes.
  4 . 75-year-old male who plays tennis three times per week

Question 2

The nurse is preparing an educational in-service presentation about jaundice in the newborn. What content should the nurse include in this presentation? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
 
  Select all that apply. 1. Physiologic jaundice occurs after 24 hours of age.
  2. Pathologic jaundice occurs after 24 hours of age.
  3. Phototherapy increases serum bilirubin levels.
  4. The need for phototherapy depends on the bilirubin level and age of the infant.
  5. Kernicterus causes irreversible neurological damage.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

1, 5
Explanation: 1. Physiologic or neonatal jaundice is a normal process that occurs during transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life and appears after 24 hours of life.
5. Kernicterus refers to the deposition of unconjugated bilirubin in the basal ganglia of the brain and to permanent neurologic sequelae of untreated hyperbilirubinemia.



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