ATI Med Surg test questions Chronic Illness and Disability 100% Correct Answers, Download to Score A 1. An elderly patient has presented to the clinic with a new diagnosis of osteoarthritis. The patients daughter is accompanying him and you have explained why the incidence of chronic diseases tends to increase with age. What rationale for this phenomenon should you describe? 2. A patient tells the nurse that her doctor just told her that her new diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis is considered...