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abern

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on: Jul 11, 2018
What should the nurse instruct a caregiver to do to assist a cognitively impaired older patient to self-feed?
 
  1. Offer the patient a variety of favorite foods.
  2. Provide diversional stimuli, such as a television show, so the patient can eat without thinking about it.
  3. Serve each food separately with the proper utensil and cue the patient to use the utensil to eat that particular food.
  4. Place the food types in the same arrangement on the plate and relate the location to the face of a clock to assist the patient in locating the food on the plate.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for an older person from a different culture than her own. What is her best approach to providing holistic care to this patient?
 
  a. provide care as she would to all other patients
  b. learn more about the person's culture
  c. talk to family members about the person's medical condition
  d. ask other nurses what they do to care for this person


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katara

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Offering the patient many choices may add to the patient's confusion.

Answer to Question 2

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abern

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

isabelt_18

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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