A client has been admitted to the emergency department. the client's family tells the nurse that the client has suddenly become
lethargic and is "not making sense." the client has not had anything to eat or drink for the last 8 hours. the nurse further assesses the client using the confusion assessment method (cam). the client's responses to questions are rambling, and the client is not able to focus clearly to answer the nurse's questions. based on these findings, the nurse should report that the client has:
The correct answer is delirium. The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is a psychiatric tool used to assess and identify delirium in patients. According to the first observations and the patient's responses to CAM, the nurse can conclude that the patient exhibits signs of delirium. This is because he is unable to concentrate and organize his thinking, he is inattentive, he is lethargic and all these behaviours are sudden and acute. These symptoms cannot be associated with dementia, as dementia develops gradually and doesn't affect attention and consciousness. Also, the symptoms don't point to depression since depressive patients are focused and attentive. Finally, the nurse cannot conclude that the patient is dehydrated because further tests need to be conducted to assess hydration.
If the mass of one of the objects is doubled, then the force of gravity between them is doubled. Since gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance between the two interacting objects, more separation distance will result in weaker gravitational forces.
The answer is nucleic acid. Every nucleic acid is composed by a base, a sugar and a phosphate group. And they can form DNA or RNA by combining together.
