An older patient with difficulty sleeping wants to use an herbal remedy to help getting to sleep since problems with hay fever and nasal congestion are interfering with drifting off at night.
Which herbal remedy should the nurse caution the patient to avoid? 1. Lemon balm
2. A glass of warm milk
3. A cup of chamomile tea
4. A small turkey sandwich
Question 2
A group of student nurses is discussing cognitive changes that are considered to be normal age-related changes with the nursing instructor. Which statement by a student would indicate a need for further education from the instructor?
A) Older clients may need information repeated to them several times.
B) Older clients may have a harder time switching their attention from one person to another if they are both speaking to the client at the same time.
C) Older clients may have difficulty in filtering out irrelevant information.
D) An older client's vocabulary may decrease with age.
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