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When completing an admission assessment on an older adult, the nurse gives the patient a high fall risk score. Which action should the nurse take first?

A nurse admits an older adult from a home environment. The client lives with an adult son and daughter-in-law. The client has urine burns on the skin, no dentures, and several pressure injuries. What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

Age related changes in the sleep-wake cycle cause problems with staying asleep, falling asleep, waking too early in the morning, and excessive daytime napping. Which bodily system is blamed for this change?

The “power stroke” occurs when

Match the connective tissue to the correct definition.

The thickening of long bones is called

Movement that increases the angle of a joint in the saggital plane is

The most severe form of skin cancer is

Surfers place excessive stress on the knees and feet, often resulting in bone accumulations in these areas (“surf knots.”) This is an illustration of

During endochondral ossification of long bones, the secondary ossification center forms in the