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newyorker26

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Which of the following statements is not true of older adult relationships?
 
  a. After 50 years of marriage, a couple can face new and severe challenges to their relationship.
  b. Older adults often hold their families to-gether by arranging get-togethers and do-cumenting the family's history and rituals.
  c. Losing a brother or sister brings an older adult face-to-face with his or her own death.
  d. For older adults, friends can never take the place of family.

Question 2

An older adult who is on bed rest after surgery is prescribed morphine for pain. Which of the following is the nurse's priority for preventive care?
 
  a. Constipation c. Poor solid food in-take
  b. Diarrhea d. Poor liquid intake



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Answer to Question 1

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Friendships can provide the commitment and support that is sometimes lacking in family rela-tionships.
Physical and psychosocial changes related to aging, such as declining health, reduced in-come, and mismatched needs, may cause a severe strain even for a couple who has been together for 50 years or more. A person who holds his or her family together by arranging get-togethers and documenting the family's history and rituals is known as a kin-keeper. The impact of the loss of a brother or sister, not only at the time of the death but also when a younger survivor reaches the age at which the lost sibling died, can be quite disruptive.

Answer to Question 2

A
This older adult is at high risk for developing constipation as a result of being on bed rest and being prescribed an opiate for pain. A decrease in activity, combined with the use of an opiate, often leads to constipation, not diarrhea. Appetite can be poor for the first few days after surgery, but it often returns without incidence. Decreased fluid intake is often supplemented with intra-venous fluids for the first few days after surgery.



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