A nurse practitioner is teaching a 90-year-old client about her ...

[burton19126]

A nurse practitioner is teaching a 90-year-old client about her new medication regimen. Which of the following principles should the nurse integrate into the teaching session?
 
  A) While numerous factors can interfere with learning, learning ability itself is not seriously altered with age.
  B) Older adults require simplified learning objectives and slower introduction of new directions.
  C) Simple association is well executed by older adults but complex analysis is normally absent.
  D) Successful learning late in life requires a multisensory teaching approach.

Question 2

The three vital functions muscles perform when they contract are: (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. To allow for accumulation of uric acid in blood
  b. Maintenance of posture
  c. Motion
  d. To serve as a storage area for various minerals
  e. Production of heat
  f. To assist in return of venous blood to the left side of the heart

[milbourne11]

Answer to Question 1

A
Feedback:
Learning ability is not seriously changed with age. It is not likely necessary to simplify learning objectives, and analysis abilities may slightly diminish but are not normally absent. A multisensory teaching approach is not noted to be required.

Answer to Question 2

B, C, E
The three vital functions muscles perform when they contract are maintenance of posture, motion and production of 85 of body heat.