An older adult male client who has been smoking a pipe and cigar ...

[cookcarl]

An older adult male client who has been smoking a pipe and cigar for more than 30 years develops chronic hoarseness. The nurse understands that the client is a risk for which alteration in cognitive function?
 
  A) Memory
  B) Thinking
  C) Communication
  D) Muscular dysfunction

Question 2

The nurse instructs the newly delivered, first-time mother that to enhance the newborn's cognitive development, the mother should:
 
  A) teach the infant to hold the bottle.
  B) frequently stimulate and interact with him.
  C) reinforce the newborn's environment with symbols.
  D) encourage the neonate to coo and babble.

[duke02]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
Communication may be altered by the functional impairment of speech apparatus of the larynx, the ability to move air, the use of the tongue and oral pharynx, and/or the innervation to each of these structures.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Feedback:
Providing stimulation through varied objects, different sounds, and face-to-face communication and interaction enhances cognitive development.

[cookcarl]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[coreycathey]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review