The Patient Is Unable to Eat and There Are No

question 17

Multiple Choice

The patient is unable to eat and there are no bowel sounds,indicating that his bowels are not functioning.The best approach to providing nourishment would be:

• A) intravenous crystalloids.
• B) blood product administration.
• C) parenteral nutrition (PN).
• D) colloid administration.

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Definitions:

Wernicke's Aphasia

A neurological condition characterized by issues in language comprehension and the production of meaningful language, often due to damage in the brain's Wernicke's area.

Broca's Area

A region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere (usually the left) of the brain associated with speech production and language processing.

Retrograde Amnesia

A condition involving loss of memory for events that occurred before the onset of amnesia.

Hippocampus

A major component of the brain in humans and other vertebrates, involved in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation.