Benjamin is an elderly patient who has recently started struggling with incontinence. Benjamin’s nursing assistant assumes that

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Novosadov [1.4K]

3 years ago

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Benjamin is an elderly patient who has recently started struggling with incontinence. Benjamin’s nursing assistant assumes that

his struggle is related to his age. What negative effect could believing this myth have?

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2 answers:

Yanka [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-12T11:47:59+03:00

Yanka [14]3 years ago

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Elderly male patients are prone to prostate problems. The negative effect of this is that the prostate problem will be left untreated and the problem will get worse like it can lead to prostate cancer

zavuch27 [327] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-12T09:58:23+03:00

zavuch27 [327]3 years ago

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Well if Benjamin's nursing assistant is wrong and he has some medical condition then he could be in serious danger.