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The Nurse Plans a Burn Prevention Program for Older Persons

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The nurse plans a burn prevention program for older persons at a neighborhood association meeting. Which visual aid should the nurse use to emphasize the most common cause of burn injuries in an older adult?


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Lateral Geniculate Nuclei

A part of the brain located in the thalamus that acts as a relay center for visual information received from the retina before it is sent to the visual cortex.

Activation-Synthesis

A theory of dreaming that suggests dreams are the result of the cerebral cortex interpreting random signals from the lower brain during REM sleep.

Reticular Formation

A network of neurons in the brainstem that's involved in arousal, wakefulness, and transmitting sensory information to the brain.

REM Sleep

Sleep characterized by rapid eye movements, EEG patterns similar to wakefulness, speeded heart rate and respiration, near-paralysis of skeletal muscles, and highly visual dreams.

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