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What body mass index (BMI) value would the nurse enter in the record for a patient who has a height of 165 cm and body weight of 88 kg?

40. Which disease is associated with hard, nontender Heberden and Bouchard nodules?

11. The nurse is performing a nutritional assessment on an 80-year-old patient. What is one of the many physiologic changes that can directly affect the nutritional status of the older adult?

9. A 50-year-old woman with an elevated total cholesterol level is visiting the clinic to find out about her laboratory results. What would be important for the nurse to include in the patient teaching in relation to these tests?

35. A patient has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and asks the nurse, “What is osteoporosis?” What is the best explanation by the nurse?

16. The nurse suspects that a patient has a distended bladder. How should the nurse assess for this condition?

44. A patient is being assessed for range-of-joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm in toward the center of his body. What is this movement called?

24. A nurse notices that a patient has abdominal ascites. What does this finding indicate?

28. Just before going home, a new mother asks the nurse about the infant’s umbilical cord. Which of these statements is correct?

29. Which of these percussion findings would the nurse expect to find in a patient with a large amount of ascites?