While Taking a Shower,a Patient Pushes the Emergency Light

question 5

Short Answer

While taking a shower,a patient pushes the emergency light.When the nurse arrives,the patient complains of feeling dizzy and unsteady.The nurse turns to reach for the patient's walker and the patient falls,hitting the right side of the face resulting in loss of vision in the right eye.This scenario represents a _______ event.

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Definitions:

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

A genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness due to alterations in the dystrophin gene.

Hemophilia

A genetic disorder characterized by the inability of the blood to clot properly, leading to excessive bleeding from minor injuries.

Intellectual Developmental Disability

A disorder characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers a range of everyday social and practical skills.

Fragile X Syndrome

A genetic disorder characterized by mild-to-moderate intellectual disability, especially more common in males, due to mutations in the FMR1 gene.