Answer to Question 1
A
The nurse provides safe, effective, and comprehensive care but should not provide legal advice to an older adult; rather, the nurse should refer the patient to experts in the law and can assist the older adult with finding a suitable attorney. The nurse must avoid participating in the selection of the individual attorney to avoid conflict of interest.
The nurse can provide short general explanations about powers of attorney to assist the patient in finding suitable legal counsel, but the nurse should leave explanations about the law surrounding a DPA to an attorney. The nurse should avoid providing legal advice to an older adult and avoid offering to participate in an older adult's legal affairs to avoid a conflict of inter-est.
Answer to Question 2
D, C, A, B
The first step in a nutritional assessment is to interview the older adult to obtain a health and nu-tritional history, including an up-to-date list of medications and an overview of daily food habits and resources for obtaining food. The second part of the assessment includes a physical exami-nation to gather data about the older adult's current state of health. The third part of the assess-ment includes anthropomorphic measurements such as height, weight, midarm circumference, and triceps skinfold thickness. The biochemical examination is the final step and includes the prealbumin, transferrin, hemoglobin, and cholesterol levels.
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