When you are assessing or managing an older patient, you should:
a. use physical contact to compensate for loss of sight or hearing.
b. talk more loudly than normal because most of the elderly have hearing loss.
c. separate the patient from friends or family as quickly as possible to reduce anxiety.
d. call the patient "dear" or "honey" to make the patient feel cared for.
a
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