Various changes during the aging process demand multiple complex ...

[jrubin]

Various changes during the aging process demand multiple complex adjustments that require stamina, ability, and flexibility. In which stage of life do individuals experience the greatest number of simultaneous changes?
 
  A) Adolescence
  B) Young adulthood
  C) Middle age
  D) Old age

Question 2

A patient, age 72, has a left intertrochanteric fracture as a result of a fall. In planning ways to increase her safety, the nurse realizes it is most important to determine
 
  a. preexisting health conditions.
  b. nutritional status.
  c. psychosocial history.
  d. pain level.

[tofugiraffe]

Answer to Question 1

D
Feedback:
More simultaneous changes are experienced in old age than during any other period of life.

Answer to Question 2

A
The patient's medical and surgical history is significant, as well as any family history of bone disease. Although pain level, nutritional status, and psychosocial history are important, they are not the most important.