The nurse needs to assess a patient's ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and should choose which tool for this assessment?
a. Direct Assessment of Functional Abilities (DAFA)
b. Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scale
c. Barthel Index
d. Older Americans Resources and Services Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire-IADL (OMFAQ-IADL)
ANS: C
The Barthel Index is used to assess ADLs. The other options are used to measure IADLs.
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