Answer to Question 1
B
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A Incorrect. Many conditions other than hypoxia can cause altered mental status, including relocation stress.
B Correct. Relocation, especially if sudden, causes stress that may lead to altered mental status.
C Incorrect. Many conditions other than AD can cause altered mental status, in-cluding relocation stress.
D Incorrect. The nurse has no confirmatory evidence to regard her error as some-thing other than a mistake; in addition, it can be understood as relocation stress syndrome.
Answer to Question 2
C
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A Incorrect. Relief from the burden of home maintenance can free the person for more independent living.
B Incorrect. This can or cannot be accurate depending on the real estate market at the time; however, taxes and maintenance costs have risen, also.
C Correct. In addition to cooperative programs in which elders work directly with police, elders can learn measures to reduce their own vulnerability.
D Incorrect. A NORC is an organization formed by elders living at home, in geo-graphic proximity to each other, to provide supportive services for each other.
