Preventive strategies for delirium in hospitalized elderly include which of the following strategies?
a. limiting visits from family and friends
b. assessing for and avoiding systemic and metabolic imbalances
c. providing an abundance of environmental stimuli in the hospital
d. having the elderly client wait longer for pain medication
B
Preventive strategies for delirium in hospitalized elderly include assessing for and avoiding systemic and metabolic imbalances. Other preventive nursing actions include avoiding such situations as malnutrition, immobilization, medication errors, sleep deprivation, incontinence, inadequate use of visual or hearing aids, and meaningless sensory overstimulation.
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