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The nurse is using the Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living during the assessment of an older adult patient. Which finding indicates the patient is independent?
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A 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist credited with developing the Cartesian coordinate system and contributing to the fields of philosophy and mathematics.
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Actions or responses that are transmitted from one generation to another through genes, not learned through experience.
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