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The nurse assesses a 94-year-old resident of a nursing home who has diabetes mellitus. For which of the following signs and symptoms should the nurse perform a blood glucose test?
 
  A) Restlessness and postural hypotension
  B) Somnolence and slurred speech
  C) Perspiration and incontinence
  D) Numbness and weak pulses

Question 2

The nurse suggests that a patient start a journal. How should the nurse explain the difference between journaling and life stories?
 
  A) Life stories are factual reports. Journals are limited to the search for insights.
  B) Life stories are the reminiscences of the elderly. Journals are the diaries of the young.
  C) Journaling examines activities and thoughts in the present. Life stories are accounts from the past.
  D) Life stories are fictional accounts loosely based on real life. Journals are accurate, factual accounts.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
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Rather than the classic symptoms of hypoglycemia that one would anticipate in younger adults, older individuals instead may experience confusion, abnormal behavior, altered sleep patterns, nocturnal headache, and slurred speech. Uncorrected hypoglycemia can cause tachycardia, arrhythmias, myocardial infarctions, cerebrovascular accident, and death.

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Journals differ from life stories in that they record current activities and thoughts rather than past ones. Journals do not search for insights and are not diaries of the young.


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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