The family of an older male patient asks why the patient needs to be hospitalized for pneumonia when the youngest daughter had the same infection a few months ago and was treated at home. How should the nurse respond to the family?
1. "The patient has chronic illnesses that put him at risk."
2. "I don't think you can compare your grandfather to yourself."
3. "There are some differences between men and women and illness."
4. "Aging decreases the body's ability to restore balance to body systems with an infection."
4. "Aging decreases the body's ability to restore balance to body systems with an infection."
Explanation: 1. There is not enough information to determine if the patient has chronic illnesses.
2. This response does not address the issue that body systems return to balance slower after an illness as a part of aging.
3. This response does not address that the patient's age impacts the body's ability to fight an infection and return to homeostasis.
4. The loss of organ reserve that can occur with aging can lead to the concept of homeostenosis or inability of the body to restore homeostasis after even minor environmental challenges, such as trauma or infection. An older person may die from pneumonia, which may have only been a minor illness to a younger person.
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