The nurse admits an 80-year-old client with an altered level of consciousness and left-sided weakness following a recent stroke. The client is dehydrated from multiple episodes of diarrhea. Which interventions should the nurse implement to prevent falls? Select all that apply.

1. Apply color-coded, nonslip socks to the client's feet

2. Move the client to a room closer to the nurses' station

3. Place a bedside commode to the right of the client

4. Raise all bed rails before leaving the room

5. Use a bed alarm to alert staff when the client gets up

Describe an individual healthy weight-management plan. the plan should include specific details about goals, diet, exercise, and evaluative monitoring.

Which of the following best reflects what we know about how the flu virus moves between species? a) the flu virus in a pig is mutated and replicated in alternate arrangements so that humans who eat the pig products can be infected.b) a flu virus from a human epidemic or pandemic infects birds; the birds replicate the virus differently and then pass it back to humans.c) an influenza virus gains new sequences of dna from another virus, such as a herpesvirus; this enables it to be transmitted to a human host.d) an animal such as a pig is infected with more than one virus, genetic recombination occurs, the new virus mutates, the virus is passed to a new species such as a bird, and the virus mutates again and can now be transmitted to humans.

Describe the structure of a monosaccharide and name the three monosaccharides important in nutrition.