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codyclark · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is planning an educational program for older adults. What should the nurse include as important for the participants to consider because of physiological changes associated with aging?

1. Home safety
2. Increasing exercise
3. Urinary incontinence strategies
4. Decreasing fluid intake

Question 2

A client with arthritis tells the nurse that fatigue is causing problems with daytime functioning. What should the nurse suggest to the client?

1. Decrease the amount of exercise.
2. Increase the intake of fluids at night.
3. Develop pain-relief measures for better quality of sleep at night.
4. Ask the physician for sleep medication for the client.

Benayers · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 1

1. Due to a reduction of muscle mass and other factors, the elderly client is at risk for injury. The nurse should assist older clients in assessing the home for safety and the reduction of potential injury hazards.
2. Increasing exercise will depend upon each individual's physical status. If not performed appropriately, the older client can experience injury for over-exercise.
3. Urinary incontinence is not one of the physical changes expected in the older adult.
4. The older adult is encouraged to maintain an adequate fluid intake, not a decrease.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 3

1. The nurse would want to help the client to increase exercise during the day to promote better nighttime sleep.
2. Increasing the amount of fluids at night would likely disrupt sleep at night because the client would be using the bathroom more.
3. Pain is one of the main issues that decreases quality sleep and contributes to fatigue.
4. Pain relief would be more helpful than sleep medication, and should be tried first.