The nurse is accompanying a group of older adults on a July 4th outing for heat prostration. Older adults are heat-intolerant because of an age-related reduction of:
a. melanin.
b. perspiration.
c. body temperature.
d. capillary fragility.
Question 2
When a patient asks what can be done to neutralize the free radicals in his system, the nurse responds that antioxidant therapy is thought to inhibit free radicals. Antioxidants include ___________________ _______. (Select all that apply.)
a. fruits.
b. vegetables.
c. organ meat.
d. folic acid.
e. vitamin D.
The nurse cares for the postop client in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).
Principles in older adult learning
Co-current flow in a concentric tube heat exchanger
Determining the extent of a burn: (A) rule of nines (adults); (B) Lund-Browder chart (children).
GDP per Capita by Country Group, 1820–2008
Group Performance