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A nurse is taking care of an 88-year-old client who is obsessed with proper functioning of the bowels. The client complains of constipation. What is an effect of aging on the digestive system that a nurse needs to know in treating such a client?
 
  A) Food tends to stay a much shorter time in the stomach
  B) Increased absorption due to reduction in the size of villi
  C) Inadequate fluid intake
  D) Peristalsis speeds up

Question 2

The nurse helps a client to overcome stress and pressure. A nurse is caring for a client with stress; the client has lost an arm after a motorcycle accident.
 
  What issue is most important in relation to the family should the nurse consider when caring for this client? A) How the accident will impact the client's ability to meet personal fulfillment
  B) Depletion of current financial resources
  C) How will the children be affected by the client's inability to care for them?
  D) Who will assist in changing the client's bandage until the arm is healed and no infection is present?



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Answer to Question 1

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The effects of aging on the digestive system, which result in constipation, include foods that tends to stay much longer in the stomach, peristalsis slows down; a reduction in absorption is caused by reduction in the size of villi and often there is inadequate fluid intake.

Answer to Question 2

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The five basic functions of the family are providing physical health, providing mental health, socializing members, reproducing and providing economic well-being. Based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, physiologic needs must be met before dealing with more complex and higher level needs, such as how the accident will impact the client's ability to meet personal fulfillment; depletion of current financial resources; and how will the children be affected by the client's inability to care for them.



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