During a neurologic examination of an older client, the nurse should expect to see which age-related findings?
1. Disorientation to person and place
2. A decreased sense of touch and temperature
3. An increase in deep tendon reflexes
4. A depressed mood
Answer: 2
1. Confusion would signal an underlying disease.
2. Brain atrophy in the elderly reduces perception to touch, movement, sensation, and temperature.
3. Reflexes would be decreased.
4. A depressed mood would signal an underlying disease.
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