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ENagel

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While making rounds on the unit, you find a 90-year-old client sitting in his chair looking out the window. He seems sad and depressed and talks about how his health has declined over the years.
 
  He was planning to do a lot of things after his retirement and now, with his recent surgery, he feels he cannot do anything. You respond to him by helping him to understand that these changes are often a challenge for the elderly with which to cope and adapt in order to age successfully. This response incorporates what type of aging theory?
  A) biological
  B) psychological
  C) sociological
  D) spiritual

Question 2

The gerontological nurse is identifying interventions based upon evidence-based practice. Why are these interventions preferred?
 
  1. They reflect methods that were previously effective for a particular patient.
  2. They have been highly effective in the nurse's own practice and experience.
  3. They are stated specifically in the policy and procedures manual of the healthcare facility.
  4. They show evidence of cause-and-effect between intervention and outcomes.



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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Interventions that support evidence-based practice are those that have been tested and have the best chance of establishing a cause-and-effect relationship between the intervention and the desired outcome of care. Methods that were previously effective for a patient may or may not be evidence-based practice interventions.




ENagel

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Wow, this really help


pangili4

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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