Millie is a 45-year-old mother of three, who complains of urine leakage with heavy lifting, laughing and sneezing. Upon internal examination, her pelvic floor muscle strength grade is 2. The focus of treatment with this patient should be:
An 88-year-old frail female has recently been admitted to a…
An 88-year-old frail female has recently been admitted to a skilled nursing facility following a history of several falls. The patient lived alone in a second floor apartment and was unable to return home. The patient is extremely agitated and upset over not being able to return home, and demonstrates early signs of dementia. The patient has been yelling at any staff who enter her room all morning. An important approach to take while working with this patient is:
You are working in a skilled nursing facility. Which of the…
You are working in a skilled nursing facility. Which of the following strategies is MOST likely to be successful for implementing a balance program for an individual with cognitive decline?
What is the MOST important patient presentation to monitor w…
What is the MOST important patient presentation to monitor with exercise activity for an older adult with congestive heart failure?
A 73 y.o. patient taking HCTZ (used for hypertension), dicyc…
A 73 y.o. patient taking HCTZ (used for hypertension), dicyclomine (used for irritable bowel syndrome), zolpidem (used for insomnia), chorldiazepoxide/clidinium (used for anxiety), ibuprofen (used for arthritis pain), methocarbamol (used for spasticity), and alprazolam (used for anxiety) who has fallen three times over the last month comes to you for rehabilitation. Which of the following would assist in identifying inappropriate medications for preventing additional geriatric syndromes for this patient?
A patient presenting with excessive seat width would MOST li…
A patient presenting with excessive seat width would MOST likely present with which of the following adverse effects?
Post-translational modification includes all of the followin…
Post-translational modification includes all of the following EXCEPT:
The following diagram represents a chromosomal abnormality c…
The following diagram represents a chromosomal abnormality called
How many chromosomes do you expect to find in a typical huma…
How many chromosomes do you expect to find in a typical human gamete and in a typical human zygote?
Some organs, like the heart, consume a lot of energy. The or…
Some organs, like the heart, consume a lot of energy. The organelle that you expect to be specially numerous in the cells of these organs is(are)