Older adults in the community are at high risk for medication errors. This may occur because older adults:
1. Are not competent to take their own medications and need supervision
2. Are often taking high-risk medications
3. Are not motivated to take medications correctly
4. Need community health nurses to sort and organize their medications
2
Older adults often take high-risk medications and cannot read instructions for medications.
You might also like to view...
The nurse assesses the arm of a patient with an arteriovenous fistula for the presence of which finding?
1. A bruit upon auscultation 2. A thrill upon auscultation 3. A bruit upon palpation 4. A thrill upon inspection
The patient has intractable pain, and the physician has proposed a nerve block. The nurse plans to teach the patient about nerve blocks. Which statement would be included in the best plan of the nurse?
1. A nerve block depresses the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. 2. A nerve block enhances the effect of most of the endogenous opioids. 3. A nerve block modifies sensory information being sent to the spinal cord. 4. A nerve block stops pain transmission along the nerve to stop the pain.
Factors that influence health care costs include (select all that apply)
a. Technology and intensity b. Demographics—the aging population c. Chronic illness d. Use of the health care system
When describing information technology skills to a class, an instructor describes the knowledge needed to develop these skills. Which of the following would the instructor describe as current skills?
A) Ability to use searching tools B) Ability to understand computer networks C) Ability to think abstractly D) Ability to manipulate information into something new