During an Assessment, the Nurse Learns That a Patient Has

question 13

Multiple Choice

During an assessment, the nurse learns that a patient has a genetic predisposition to the development of several disease processes. Which of the following are illnesses associated with genetic makeup?

• A)cancer
• B)hypertension
• C)osteoporosis
• D)myocardial infarction

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Definitions:

Hypotenuse

The longest side of a right-angled triangle, opposite the right angle, and determined by the square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

Vectors

Quantities that have both magnitude and direction, represented by arrows in physics and mathematics.

Magnitude

Refers to the size or extent of something, often used in the context of numbers, earthquakes, and vectors to denote their strength or value.

Hypotenuse

The longest side of a right-angled triangle, opposite the right angle, calculated with the Pythagorean theorem.