When should family members of a stroke victim expect to see some of the neurologic involvement disappear?

Dementia is an organic mental disease secondary to what problem?

The patient complains to the nurse about a newly developed intolerance to milk. What should the nurse suggest to fulfill calcium needs?

The patient talks with his dead brother and arranges furniture so that his brother will have a place to sit. How should the nurse document this behavior?

The nurse is assisting an older adult patient out of bed when suddenly the patient begins to fall. What is the likely cause of the fall?

The nurse has staged a pressure injury that has a shallow crater with a dry pink wound bed in which way?

A young adult patient has come into a dermatology clinic and reports having had a single 1-in lesion that was scaly with a raised border and a pink center on the chest. Now, a little more than a week later, there are smaller matching spots of the rash on both sides of the chest. The nurse observes pink, oval-shaped spots that are 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in across. What condition does the nurse suspect the health care provider will diagnose?

What age of onset of alcohol consumption is most predictive of alcohol addiction?

The LPN/LVN is caring for an older adult who was admitted to the long-term care facility 2 months previously. Three weeks ago his son was killed in a car accident. The patient I been staying in his room and not attending meals or activities. What would be the highest priority patient problem for this patient?

A change of aging related to the circulatory system includes decreased blood vessel elasticity. For what should the nurse assess?

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?