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RRMR · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

For which health problems would the nurse identify the diagnosis Risk of Infection as being appropriate for an older patient? (Select all that apply.)

A) Reduced vital capacity
B) Reduced ciliary activity
C) Increase in residual capacity
D) Underinflation of lung bases
E) Less efficient cough response

Question 2

A nurse is explaining to an older adult client that many of the changes in his body that are currently causing him frustration may have their origins in genetic changes that may have in fact benefited him during his younger years.

Which of the following theories of aging underlies the nurse's explanation? A) Disposable soma theory
B) Free radical theory
C) Mutation accumulation theory
D) Antagonistic pleiotropy theory

guyanai · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A, B, E
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The diagnosis Risk of Infection is appropriate for the patient with reduced vital capacity, reduced ciliary activity, and less efficient cough response. The diagnosis Ineffective Breathing Pattern would be appropriate for the patient with increase in residual capacity. The diagnosis Impaired Gas Exchange would be appropriate for the patient with underinflation of lung bases.

Answer to Question 2

D
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Antagonistic pleiotropy theory proposes that genetic mutations that are problematic in later life may be rooted in mutation that played a beneficial role earlier in life. This perspective is not a component of the disposable soma theory, free radical theory, or mutation accumulation theory.