You are the nurse caring for a 91-year-old patient admitted to the hospital for a fall. The patient complains of urge incontinence and tells you he most often falls when he tries to get to the bathroom in his home
You identify the nursing diagnosis of risk for falls related to impaired mobility and urinary incontinence. The older adult's risk for falls is considered to be which of the following?
A) The result of impaired cognitive functioning
B) The accumulation of environmental hazards
C) A geriatric syndrome
D) An age-related health deficit
Ans: C
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A number of problems commonly experienced by the elderly are becoming recognized as geriatric syndromes. These conditions do not fit into discrete disease categories. Examples include frailty, delirium, falls, urinary incontinence, and pressure ulcers. Impaired cognitive functioning, environmental hazards in the home, and an age-related health deficit may all play a part in the episodes in this patient's life that led to falls, but they are not diagnoses and are, therefore, incorrect.
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