A nurse caring for elderly clients in an assisted living facility is required to educate the nursing students on the effects of aging on the immune system
What should the nurse tell the students about in what body system infections frequently manifest themselves in older adults? A) Cardiovascular
B) Pulmonary
C) Urinary
D) Mental
D
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Infections frequently manifest themselves in older adults as a change in mental status, not changes in cardiovascular, pulmonary, or urinary body systems. The cardiovascular system cannot keep up with the increased metabolic demands that an unrecognized infection imposes. The result is cerebral hypoxia or "delirium."
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