L. g. is a 68-year-old man who goes to the hospital emergency department with a complaint of left foot pain. he has a seven-year history of type 2 diabetes that is controlled with metformin (glucophage) 500 mg orally twice daily and has been a 1 pack per day smoker for 20 years. his bmi falls in the moderate obesity range.
1. l. g. will be admitted to the medical unit. what nursing interventions should be included in his plan of care?
2. what diagnostic tests may be needed to establish a diagnosis and why?

David, an aspiring baseball player, was struck on the left side of his face with a fastball pitch. he was not wearing a safety helmet. his zygomatic arch was crushed, as well as parts of the temporal bone. following the accident and reconstructive surgery, he noted that his left lower eyelid was still drooping and the corner of his mouth sagged. what nerve damage did he sustain?

Look at the graph about the barriers to working out. what would 20 percent of the population report as a barrier for working out? inability to devote thirty minutes a day to working out lack of interest with creating a detailed workout schedule not having enough money to pay for yearly gym membership living in a community that does not have parks or a gym facility

A35-year-old woman comes to the ed complaining of chest pressure. she has had such episodes intermittently over the last 5 years, usually when sleeping, but over the last year she has had more frequent severe symptoms that are occasionally associated with severe migraine headaches. the pain is midsternal and is described as pressure that extends as a band around her chest. the ed physician is initially dubious that the pain is cardiac in origin, because the woman has no coronary disease risk factors. an ecg, however, shows 2mm st-segment elevation and inverted t waves in leads v1 through v5 and 1mm st-segment depression in leads ii, iii, and avf. before the cardiologist arrives in the ed, the patient's ecg has returned to normal. this repeat normal ecg is obtained after the administration of aspirin, nitroglycerin, morphine, and oxygen. which of the following is most likely for these findings? - diffuse intimal thickening with focal areas of atherosclerotic narrowing - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the left anterior descending artery - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the right coronary artery - plaque rupture and thrombus formation in the left anterior descending artery - transiently increased coronary vascular tone in the right coronary artery