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The APRN is assessing a 70 year old female, fair skin patient with a suspicious skin lesion. The lesion is 3 cm, multi-colored, irregular shaped. The patient states it has “gotten larger over the past month.” Based on these findings, the APRN  interprets this as possible:: 

The APRN is performing the Romberg test. The patient has slight swaying with opened and closed eyes. Which statement best describes this finding?  

While completing a history on an older adult, the APRN understands that when a patient has memory gaps, the patient often confabulates. Which statement best describes confabulation?

Incontinence is not a normal part of aging. The APRN is assessing a 62 year old female patient with the chief complaint of stress incontinence. Which factor in her history would be the greatest risk factor for developing stress incontinence?    

An 86 year-old female with a history of osteoporosis presents to the office for evaluation of fatigue and shortness of breath. The APRN examines the client and notes the patient has kyphosis. Which system may be affected by this spinal deformity?

Which of the following techniques allows the analysis of the localization of a protein within cells

The SNP (Arg325Trp) in zinc transporter Slc30a8 can affect the risk of

Field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data

Vitamin D has an effect on gene expression through

SNPs at 5’ UTR are