A nurse recently hired to work in a nursing home is familiarizing herself with medication use in older adults. Which study would be BEST to review?

a. The Beers study
b. The Tuskegee Experiment
c. Framingham Heart study
d. The CATIE Trial


a. The Beers study
FEEDBACK:
a. The Beers study was a national survey of geriatric experts to determine the most inappropriate drugs for ambulatory nursing home residents and adults 65 and older.
b. The Tuskegee Experiment was conducted on black men in the late stages of syphilis. .
c. The Framingham Heart study identified common factors contributing to cardiovascular disease. .
d. The CATIE trial compared effectiveness of first-generation antipsychotics to second-generation antipsychotics. .

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