Patterns of disease in the United States have undergone significant changes in recent decades and these changes are predicted to continue into the future. Which one of the following patients best exemplifies this changing pattern of disease?
A) A 5-year-old child who has developed measles because her parents opted against vaccination
B) A 22-year-old man who has suffered a traumatic brain injury in a motor vehicle accident
C) A 77-year-old man who has developed sepsis as a result of community-acquired pneumonia
D) A 60-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis
Question 2
A patient admitted from the emergency room with a diagnosis of heart failure and a NYHA classification of IV is requesting ambulation to the bathroom. Which nursing intervention would be appropriate for this patient?
a. Assist the patient to the bathroom.
b. Obtain a bedside commode.
c. Offer a urinal or bedpan.
d. Obtain assistance of another nurse and ambulate the patient to the bathroom.
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