Important Self-Care Measures a Nurse Can Teach a Client with Parkinson's

question 20

Multiple Choice

Important self-care measures a nurse can teach a client with Parkinson's disease in order to prevent contractures and improve mobility include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Bend over with your head over your toes to get out of chairs.
• B) Exercise first thing in the morning.
• C) Keep a narrow-based gait.
• D) Look up when you walk, not down at the floor.
• E) Use a firm surface, like the floor, for exercising.

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Definitions:

Homozygous Dominant

An individual possessing two identical dominant alleles for a particular trait.

Monohybrid Cross

Cross between parents that differ in only one trait.

Phenotypic Ratio

The proportional relationship between the different phenotypes (observable traits) produced by a genetic cross, often expressed in simplest whole numbers.

Heterozygous

Having two different alleles for a specific gene, one inherited from each parent.