A new resident has dementia. You should expect which of the following?
a. The person's confusion will decrease in the new setting.
b. The person may show signs of fear and agitation.
c. The admission will not have any effect on the person.
d. The person will die within the first few months.
B
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The long-term care facility nurse recognizes that visiting the resident, changing his or her position, assessing for incontinence, providing skin care, and offering fluids are part of the nurse's responsibility
These interventions are initiated to provide: a. continuity. b. safety. c. prevention. d. reassurance.
The client is being treated extensively with silver nitrate cream. The nurse plans to closely monitor the client's level of:
a. calcium. b. sodium. c. potassium. d. magnesium.
Which situation may indicate elder abuse?
a. A daughter refuses to visit her mother due to work commitments b. A child runs around a grandparent's house breaking items c. A young man repeatedly steals money from his grandmother d. An older person demands that the family come for dinner
A client who has been receiving heparin therapy also is started on warfarin. The client asks a nurse why both medications are being administered. In formulating a response, the nurse incorporates the understanding that warfarin:
a. Stimulates the breakdown of specific clotting factors by the liver, and it takes 2-3 days for this to exert an anticoagulant effect. b. Inhibits synthesis of specific clotting factors in the liver, and it takes 3-4 days for this medication to exert an anticoagulant effect. c. Stimulates production of the body's own thrombolytic substances, but it takes 2-4 days for this to begin. d. Has the same mechanism of action as Heparin, and the crossover time is needed for the serum level of warfarin to be therapeutic.