A nurse in the long-term care facility plans care to improve ...

[awywial]

A nurse in the long-term care facility plans care to improve quality of life. Which of the following actions is most likely to enhance the older adult's connectedness?
 
  A) Teaching a client who has had a below-the-knee amputation how to care for his stump
  B) Organizing a client's intravenous antibiotic therapy on an outpatient basis
  C) Performing a focused respiratory assessment on a client who has a diagnosis of lung cancer
  D) Advocating for a husband and wife to remain in the same room of a long-term care facility, as is their preference

Question 2

An 89-year-old adult is dismayed that his primary care provider referred him for a driving evaluation because he experiences vision problems and slower reaction time. Which of the following concepts is illustrated in this example?
 
  A) Risk factors
  B) Age-related changes
  C) Positive functional consequences
  D) Wellness outcomes

[Kimmy]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Advocating for a husband and wife to remain in the same room of a long-term care facility, as is their preference fosters connectedness, a component of the older adult's quality of life. Teaching wound care, organizing treatment, and adequately assessing a client are aspects of good care, but none is a direct contributor to connectedness.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Changes in vision and response time are considered to be age-related changes. These are not necessarily risk factors and they would not be considered positive functional consequences or wellness outcomes.

[awywial]

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[Kimmy]

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