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kfurse

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The majority of people function in a relatively healthy manner. What can diminish their functional capacity?
 
  a. Lack of a support system
  b. Periods of crisis
  c. Nutritional deficits
  d. A physical disease process

Question 2

When measuring the head circumference of an infant, where should the nurse place the tape measure?
 
  a. Across the eyebrows and around the occipital lobe
  b. Over the zygomatic arches and around the parietal areas
  c. Around forehead and around the crown of the head
  d. Above the eyebrows and pinnas, and around the occipital lobe



Leostella20

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Periods of crisis can decrease functional capacity, moving a person toward the illness end of the continuum.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Head circumference is measured in children up to 36 months above the eyebrows and pinnas, and around the occipital lobe.



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