A group of student nurses is discussing cognitive changes that are considered to be normal age-related changes with the nursing instructor. Which statement by a student would indicate a need for further education from the instructor?
A) "Older clients may need information repeated to them several times."
B) "Older clients may have a harder time switching their attention from one person to another if they are both speaking to the client at the same time."
C) "Older clients may have difficulty in filtering out irrelevant information."
D) "An older client's vocabulary may decrease with age."
D
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