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What factors influence the timing and extent of age-related changes? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Health maintenance
  b. Ethnicity
  c. Heredity
  d. Attitude
  e. Environment

Question 2

What vitamins are necessary to support ossification? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. A
  b. B6
  c. C
  d. D
  e. E

Question 3

What should be avoided by an 82-year-old man with rosacea? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Stress
  b. Dairy products
  c. Sun exposure
  d. Spicy foods
  e. Alcohol consumption

Question 4

A person who experienced a hemorrhagic cardiac vascular accident (CVA) to the left hemisphere would demonstrate which type of symptoms?
 
  a. Language disturbances
  b. Poor impulse control
  c. Inappropriate affect
  d. Confabulation

Question 5

What is a cause of pernicious anemia?
 
  a. An iron deficiency
  b. A deficiency of vitamin B12
  c. Low serum potassium level
  d. Blood loss

Question 6

What would be an acceptable alteration in the plan of care for a patient with a hiatal hernia who is experiencing gastrointestinal reflux?
 
  a. Encouraging the patient to lie down after meals
  b. Drinking two full glasses of liquid after the evening meal
  c. Eating smaller, more frequent meals
  d. Using caffeine drinks to assist with digestion

Answer to #1

ANS: A, C, E
Heredity, environment, and health maintenance affect the timing and magnitude of age-related changes.

Answer to #2

ANS: A, C, D
Vitamins A, C, and D are necessary for bone matrix formation and replenishment.

Answer to #3

ANS: A, C, D, E
The patient who has rosacea should avoid stress, sun exposure, spicy foods, and alcohol consumption.

Answer to #4

ANS: A
A left hemisphere CVA would most likely cause language disturbances such as aphasia, agraphia, or alexia.

Answer to #5

ANS: B
Pernicious anemia results from a deficiency of vitamin B12.

Answer to #6

ANS: C
Eating smaller and more frequent meals does not enlarge the stomach.

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