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Zoey63294

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on: Jul 11, 2018
Mary Kites, 83 years old, has been falling since she was started on a new psychotropic medication. This is most likely a result of
 
  a. Overdosing of the medication
  b. Relaxation of her paranoid tendencies
  c. Interaction with other medications
  d. Orthostatic hypotension

Question 2

Total quality management (TQM) has four major components. It includes all of the following except
 
  a. Employee focus
  b. Total organizational involvement
  c. Using quality tool for outcome measurement
  d. Identifying processes for improvement


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
Orthostatic hypotension is a serious side effect of psychotropic medications and increases an older adult's fall risk. Responses A and C could potentially increase an older adult's fall risk, but when the medication has just been started, it is most likely that the fall is related to orthostatic hypotension. Response B, relaxation of paranoid tendencies, would not cause falls or increase fall risk.

Answer to Question 2

A
The four components of TQM are customer/client focus, total organizational involvement from the maintenance personnel to the president, quality measurements, and quality assessments to determine needs.


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