An older patient with Alzheimer's disease has a feeding tube. The family wants to know if the patient will ever be able to eat solid food again. What information should the nurse include when responding to this family's question?
1. The dietitian will decide if this can be done.
2. It depends upon the patient's functional eating abilities.
3. This can be done but the feeding tube has to be removed first.
4. In the patient with dementia, the restoration of natural feeding is highly unlikely.
Question 2
An older patient with advanced Alzheimer's disease is being treated for pneumonia. The daughter is not sure if resuscitation efforts should be a part of the plan of care. What information should the nurse provide to the daughter?
1. Resuscitation is often effective for older adults.
2. After resuscitation the patient will return to the same level of functioning.
3. As long as the resuscitation efforts are initiated quickly, the patient will survive.
4. Resuscitation for cardiac or respiratory arrest will have little probability of success.
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