The nurse works with older adults to help plan for possible in-home care needs knowing that what percentage of older adults will need this type of care during their lifetimes?
a. 50%
b. 60%
c. 75%
d. 85%
D
About 85% of older adults will need some type of in-home assistance during their lifetimes.
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1. Administer pain medication if it has been longer than the ordered interval. 2. Offer to call the pastoral service to provide spiritual counseling. 3. Obtain an order for an anti-anxiety medication. 4. Call the family to come in and stay with the client.
The nurse assesses the need for further instruction in wound cleaning when observing the patient:
a. using sterile gloves to perform the cleaning. b. applying an antiseptic to the area. c. cleaning the area from the outside in. d. washing hands with soap.
While monitoring community health trends, the public health nurse notes an emerging infectious disease. What condition would alert the nurse to such an occurrence?
A) The disease occurs cyclically within a population. B) The disease is newly identified within a population. C) The disease is regularly seen in a geographic area. D) The disease occurs sporadically and has occurred before in a geographic area.
A client experiences a loss of intracellular fluid. The nurse anticipates that the intravenous (IV) therapy that will be used to replace this type of loss is:
1. 0.45% normal saline (NS) 2. 10% dextrose 3. 5% dextrose in lactated Ringer's 4. Dextrose 5% in NS