Week 8 Test Answers

A nursing assistant is taking care of four patients. Wally’s symptoms are a decreased muscle mass, weakness, and diarrhea. Sally’s symptoms are a reduced ability to see and hear, bone loss, and a diminished kidney capacity. Horton’s symptoms are a reduced lung capacity, a cough, and a viral infection. Grace’s symptoms are chest pain from a heart arrhythmia, high blood pressure, and clogged arteries. Which of the nursing assistant’s patients has the most age-related symptoms?

Gertrude and her husband planned a short desert hike on a hot summer day but have gotten lost. They find some shade trees to rest under and finish the small water bottle they brought. Which basic human need are Gertrude and her husband most likely at risk of missing?

Read this excerpt from a secondary source about Abraham Lincoln.As a young man, Lincoln was very involved in law and politics, and the two proved to be a recipe for success. Lincoln became well known for his excellent speaking and debating skills. As a result, he was elected to the Illinois state legislature in the early 1800s. When his term ended, the people quickly reelected him, and he served another two terms.

Read these passages about Abraham Lincoln.He removed from Kentucky to what is now Spencer county, Indiana, in my eighth year. We reached our new home about the time the State came in the Union. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods.–“1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times”A spirit of restlessness, a love of adventure, a longing for new scenes, and possibly the hope of improving his condition, led Thomas Lincoln to abandon the Rock Spring farm, in the fall of 1816, and begin life over again in the wilds of southern Indiana. The way thither lay through unbroken country and was beset with difficulties. Often the travellers were obliged to cut their road as they went.–The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln, Francis Fisher Browne

How does the information in “Abraham Lincoln’s Boyhood Home at Knob Creek” contribute to the reader’s understanding of Lincoln?

Read these passages about Abraham Lincoln.Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three; but that was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of education. I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.–“1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times”[Lincoln’s] thirst for learning was not to be satisfied . . . . “There were no libraries and but few books in the back settlements in which Lincoln lived. If by chance he heard of a book that he had not read he would walk miles to borrow it.”–The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln, Francis Fisher Browne