The nurse provides opportunities for nursing home residents to read aloud to others. Which cognitive skill is this nursing intervention most likely to improve?
a. Verbal fluency
b. Logical analysis
c. Object naming
d. Visuospatial skills
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A Correct. Allowing residents to read aloud helps to improve and maintain verbal fluency because it provides an opportunity to practice those skills.
B Incorrect. Reading aloud does not usually require analysis.
C Incorrect. Reading is unlikely to improve object recall unless displaying objects is part of the reading.
D Incorrect. Visuospatial skill is the ability to perceive the relationship of objects in terms of the space each object occupies; reading is unlikely to improve this skill.
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