While Completing an Admission Assessment, the Nurse Learns That a Female

question 12

Multiple Choice

While completing an admission assessment, the nurse learns that a female adult patient has smoked a pack of cigarettes daily for 20 years and works at a chemical plant. From this information, what is this patient most at risk for?

• A) Decline in muscle mass
• B) Nutritional deficiencies
• C) Depression and social isolation
• D) Occupational hazard shortening life expectancy

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