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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: 978-0323086783Medical-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 17
While caring for a female patient with Alzheimer's disease and her caregiver husband, the nurse finds that the patient's husband is experiencing increased asthma problems.What is a possible explanation for this finding?
A) Progressive worsening of asthma occurs in people as they age.
B) Chronic and intense stress can cause exacerbation of immune-based diseases.
C) The husband is probably smoking more to help him cope with needing to care continually for his wife.
D) The husband inadequately copes with his wife's condition by unconsciously forgetting to take his medications.
A) Progressive worsening of asthma occurs in people as they age.
B) Chronic and intense stress can cause exacerbation of immune-based diseases.
C) The husband is probably smoking more to help him cope with needing to care continually for his wife.
D) The husband inadequately copes with his wife's condition by unconsciously forgetting to take his medications.
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B. One of the many physiologic changes t...
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
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