A 66-Year-Old Retired Professional Basketball Player Is Admitted to the Hospital

question 3

Multiple Choice

A 66-year-old retired professional basketball player is admitted to the hospital for a total knee replacement due to osteoarthritis. In preparing preoperative teaching for this patient, the nurse includes which theory of aging to help him understand how the disease has progressed?

• A) Free radical theory
• B) Wear-and-tear theory
• C) Gene theory
• D) Cross-link theory

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