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Wadzanai · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A client with dementia was admitted to a dementia unit after she began persistently wandering away from home. The nursing staff should plan to:

1. Provide unlimited freedom because the client has no place to go in the new neighborhood
2. Provide one-to-one supervision when the client is ambulatory
3. Place the client in a geriatric chair with a tray across the lap
4. Provide the client with an electronic alarm that sounds when the client nears the exit door

Question 2

A client has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, stage 1. The nurse would expect to help the family plan measures to assist the client with:

1. Recent memory loss
2. Catastrophic reactions
3. Progressive gait disturbances
4. Perseveration

gstein359 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 4
Electronic alarms allow clients freedom of movement while still preventing them from wandering off the unit, as long as staff is attentive to the sound of the alarm. Option 1 has faulty rationale. Option 2 would be prohibitively expensive. Option 3 is inappropriate. It is a form of restraint used for staff convenience.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1
Recent memory loss is the only symptom listed in the options that would be expected in stage 1 Alzheimer's disease.