A nurse is working with an elderly patient with Alzheimer's disease and congestive heart failure in the ICU
Which of the following methods of pain assessment would be essential to include in this situation, according to the American Geriatric Society?
A) No assessment is appropriate; the patient should be started on a standardized protocol for analgesia for Alzheimer's patients
B) The verbal zero to ten scale
C) The word descriptor scale
D) Assessment of behavior and family observations
D
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A nurse has conducted a community screening event for oral cancer. What client is the highest priority for referral to a dentist?
a. Client who has poor oral hygiene practices b. Client who smokes and drinks daily c. Client who tans for an upcoming vacation d. Client who occasionally uses illicit drugs
A nurse is assessing an elderly patient's skin for intactness. When checking the patient's sacrum, she notices an ulcerated area that extends into the subcutaneous tissue and is draining. This skin alteration would be documented as which pressure ulcer st
A) I B) II C) III D) IV
The nurse has assessed a patient's body mass index (BMI) to be 19.6 . This assessment of weight versus height indicates that this patient's weight category is in which category?
a. Low health risk b. Overweight c. Obese d. Morbidly obese
Voluntary home health agencies are
1. Government organizations 2. Exempt from federal income tax 3. Profit-making agencies 4. Governed by the owner of the agency