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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
book Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 2
A 78-year-old female patient is admitted with nausea, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea, and dehydration.She has a history of diabetes mellitus and 2 years ago had a stroke with residual right-sided weakness.Identify which characteristics of chronic illness the nurse will probably find in this patient (select all that apply).
A) Self-limiting
B) Residual disability
C) Permanent impairments
D) Infrequent complications
E) Need for long-term management
F) nonreversible pathologic changes
Explanation
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B, c, e, f. The diabetes mellitus and re...

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