As Alzheimer's disease progresses from moderate to severe to late stage, for planning purposes the
nurse can anticipate that all but one of the following symptoms will become apparent.
The behavior
that is least likely to affect care planning is
a. agraphia.
b. hyperorality.
c. hypermetamorphosis.
d. improvement of memory.
D
The memories of clients with Alzheimer's disease are expected to continue to deteriorate. These
clients will demonstrate the inability to read or write (option A), the need to put everything into the
mouth (option B), and the need to touch everything (option C).
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1. neglect. 2. child abuse. 3. elder abuse. 4. adolescent abuse.
A patient with heart failure reports some shortness of breathing with activity, such as cleaning the house or grocery shopping, but no shortness of breath at rest. According to the New York Heart Association staging system, the nurse would classify this patient as:
A) Class I. B) Class II. C) Class III. D) Class IV.
During a class for caregivers of children with asthma, a
caregiver asks about a plastic device that is held in the hand and delivers a premeasured exact amount of steroid medication. The nurse recognizes that the caregiver is most likely referring to which device? A) Medication cup B) Metered-dose inhaler C) Nebulizer D) Needleless syringe
Which of the following research designs would likely result in the creation of a new middle-range theory?
a. Grounded theory b. Ethnography c. Quasi-experimental d. Phenomenology