A confused elderly nursing home client is in bed sleeping. When the nurse makes rounds, she enters
the room quietly and reaches under the top sheet to feel the bottom sheet to see if it is wet.
The client
awakens and strikes out, hitting the nurse in the face. The statement best explaining the client's
action is
a. elderly clients often demonstrate exaggerations of behaviors used earlier in life.
b. the client learned violent behavior by watching excessive television violence.
c. the client interpreted the health care worker's behavior as potentially harmful.
d. the crowding that occurs in nursing homes increases individual tendencies toward
violence.
C
Confused clients are not always able to evaluate the actions of others accurately. This client behaved
as though provoked by the intrusive actions of the staff.
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