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nevelica

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Many elderly have physiological changes affecting response to medications. In addition, other factors may place the elderly at higher risk for drug-related problems. The nurse understands that those factors include all the following except:
 
  a. short-term memory loss, making it difficult to remember instructions.
  b. loss of smell, making it difficult to take unpleasant tasting medication.
  c. visual loss, making it difficult to read labels on medication bottles.
  d. hearing loss, making it more difficult to hear instructions.

Question 2

The nurse considers which of the following when counseling an elderly client about medication use?
 
  a. potential alcohol use
  b. proper medication storage
  c. loss of long-term memory
  d. risk of fluid overload from IM injections



bhavsar

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, C, D

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Correct a, c, and d represent factors that place older adults at higher risk for drug-related problems.
Incorrect b. loss of smell decreases the sense of taste

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B

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Correct a. and b. are important considerations.
Incorrect c. and d. Older adults lose short-term not long-term memory, and fluid overload is extremely unlikely from an IM injection, unless the medication being injected causes fluid retention.



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