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The nurse initiates the application of a draw sheet on every bedfast patient on her unit to facilitate lifting and to prevent _________ forces.

At mealtime, the older adult seems to be eating less food than would be adequate. Compared to the younger adult, what is a requirement for the older adult?

What is the stage of family development that begins when the couple acknowledges that they are considering marriage?

For what is the older adult patient at increased risk because of age-related changes in the musculoskeletal system?

The older adult patient complains to the nurse about nocturia. This problem is most likely related to:

When an older female patient complains of painful sexual intercourse, what should the nurse recognize as the probable cause?

The nurse reminds an older adult patient that the task for the older adult is to achieve ego integrity. Failure to achieve this task results in which of the following?

What theory claims that there is a hereditary basis for aging?

When the nurse discusses prevention of cardiac disease, falls, and depression with a group of older adults, the benefits of what are important to stress?

What is the family pattern in which the adult members function as equals?