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The Nurse Is Using the Katz Index of Activities of Daily

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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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Rene Descartes

A 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist credited with developing the Cartesian coordinate system and contributing to the fields of philosophy and mathematics.

Persistent Vegetative State

A condition of severely impaired consciousness in which a person exhibits wakefulness without detectable awareness or response to the environment.

Minimally Conscious State

A condition of severely altered consciousness but with some signs of self-awareness or environment awareness, unlike a vegetative state.

Inherited Behavior

Actions or responses that are transmitted from one generation to another through genes, not learned through experience.

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