After completing an assessment of an older patient, which finding ...

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After completing an assessment of an older patient, which finding should the nurse attribute to a pathological process rather than age-related respiratory changes?
 
  A) Posture is slightly kyphotic
  B) Slight wheeze on exhalation
  C) Uses accessory muscles on expiration
  D) Mucous membranes drier than younger clients'

Question 2

A nurse who practices in a long-term care facility is providing care for a 101-year-old black female.
 
  The nurse's coworker states, It's gratifying that black people in this country are finally reaching the same levels of health that white people are enjoying.. How can the nurse best respond? A) Actually, the difference in life expectancy between black people and white people is growing, not shrinking..
  B) We've not yet arrived at a place where the life expectancies are equal between black and white people, but the gap is decreasing gradually..
  C) Black women do tend to live longer than white women, but the overall life expectancies when men are included are not yet equal..
  D) You're right. Since the 1980s the life expectancies of black and white Americans have remained nearly the same..

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Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback:
While some use of accessory muscles, kyphosis, and drying of mucous membranes occur as part of the aging process, a wheeze would not be considered a normal, age-related change and could indicate a pathological process.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
Since the 1980s, the gap between life expectancies of black Americans and white Americans has been increasing rather than decreasing. Black women do not tend to live longer than white women.