Which of the following is TRUE of incontinence in the elderly?
A). It can lead to rashes, skin infections, ulcers, UTI's, sepsis and falls.
B) Urinary incontinence only affects female patients.
C) It is normal in patients over age 80.
D) It only occurs in patients with impaired cognitive functioning.
A
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You are responding to a 6-year-old child with a fever and difficulty breathing. His mother reports that he was playing normally this morning but when he came in for lunch he had spiked a fever. Now, he is sitting up with his mouth open, drooling. Which of the following signs would point to epiglottitis?
A) Some hoarseness B) Loud "seal bark" cough C) Low grade fever D) Painful swallowing
Health care records are deemed legal documents and therefore cannot be:
a. Abbreviated. b. Evidence. c. Altered. d. Shared.