This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer
« previous next »

Author Question: An older patient is diagnosed with osteoarthritis. How should the nurse explain this health problem ... (Read 37 times)

asmith134

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 576
on: Jul 11, 2018
An older patient is diagnosed with osteoarthritis. How should the nurse explain this health problem to the patient?
 
  1. A metabolic bone disease
  2. Occurs from synovial inflammation
  3. Most common in thin, small-built female patients
  4. Involves erosion of joint cartilage with new bone formation in joint spaces

Question 2

When preparing a community education program on COPD, the student nurse will include which of the following information regarding COPD? Select all that apply.
 
  A) Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of COPD.
  B) COPD is actually two different diseases, chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
  C) There is no cure for COPD.
  D) Once diagnosed with COPD, there is no need for the client to quit smoking.


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

Anna

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 343
Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

4
Rationale: Osteoarthritis is not a metabolic bone disease. Metabolic bone diseases include osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and Paget's disease.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, C


asmith134

  • Member
  • Posts: 576
Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM

triiciiaa

  • Member
  • Posts: 349
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

« previous next »
 

Did you know?

Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.

Did you know?

A cataract is a clouding of the eyes' natural lens. As we age, some clouding of the lens may occur. The first sign of a cataract is usually blurry vision. Although glasses and other visual aids may at first help a person with cataracts, surgery may become inevitable. Cataract surgery is very successful in restoring vision, and it is the most frequently performed surgery in the United States.

Did you know?

The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.

Did you know?

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.

Did you know?

Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).

GI endoscopy. (a) Similar to other forms of GI endoscopy, laparoscopy involves the insertion of a sp GI endoscopy. (a) Similar to other forms of GI endoscopy, laparoscopy involves the insertion of a sp
Apply direct pressure to the patient’s wound. Apply direct pressure to the patient’s wound.
Role-Playing a Situation in Which a Patient Is from Another Culture Role-Playing a Situation in Which a Patient Is from Another Culture
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease. Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.
Flow data for a healthy donor (top panel) and a HIV positive patient. CD3 is a T-cell marker, CD4 is ... Flow data for a healthy donor (top panel) and a HIV positive patient. CD3 is a T-cell marker, CD4 is ...
Old Age and Health Old Age and Health
Video: Digestive System Animation

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library