Author Question: Which of the following statements is correct in describing nursing care plans for older adults? ... (Read 39 times)

sheilaspns · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

Which of the following statements is correct in describing nursing care plans for older adults?

A) Standardized care plans are more effective in goal attainment than individualized care plans.
B) Care plans are controlled by the nurses caring for the client; other members of the interdisciplinary team should develop their own specific plans of care.
C) The first step of creating a nursing care plan is a systematic assessment using a functional health pattern framework.
D) Older adults often have multiple nursing diagnoses and each diagnosis should be addressed at once.

Question 2

The nurse is instructing a new patient on the benefits of exercise. She would include which of the following in providing the most current recommendations for older adults?

a. the emphasis is on being more physically active rather than a narrow adherence to a rigid exercise regimen
b. older adults should exercise one solid hour per day to achieve benefits
c. research has shown that older adults need to burn more calories than younger adults in order to obtain cardiac benefit from exercise
d. all of the above are true