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CQXA

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on: Jul 11, 2018
Old persons may have difficulty picking up their pills from a medicine cup because of:
 
  a. macular degeneration
  b. decreased touch sensation that comes with old age
  c. peripheral neuropathy
  d. all of the above

Question 2

Which of the following lab results would alert the nurse to an abnormality in an older adult?
 
  a. glucose = 100
  b. albumin = 2.5
  c. TSH = 4.0
  d. blood culture = negative


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brittiany.barnes

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B


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Reply #2 on: Jul 11, 2018
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