TERM 2 REVIEWER CARE OF
THE OLDER ADULT (RLE)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+ |
LATEST VERSION
SESSION #9: SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT
1. When administering a mental status examination to a patient with
delirium, the nurse should:
B. Choose a place without distracting environmental
stimuli. -VERIFIED SOLUTION- B
Rationale: Because overstimulation by environmental factors can distract
the patient from the task of answering the nurse's questions, these stimuli
should be avoided. The nurse will not wait to give the examination because
action to correct the delirium should occur as soon as possible. Reorienting
the patient is not appropriate during the examination. Anti-anxiety
medications may increase the patient's delirium.
2. The three common conditions affecting cognition in the older
adults are: C. Delirium, Depression, Dementia
-VERIFIED SOLUTION- C
Rationale: The three Ds of geriatric psychiatry- delirium, dementia, and
depression are common and challenging diagnoses among elderly, affecting
cognition in the older adults. Delirium is often difficult to diagnose and is an
independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality in older adults. Dementia
also affects a significant number of older adults and is associated with
delirium, depression, frailty, and failure to thrive. It is well known that
depression too increases with increasing age. These three syndromes can
exist simultaneously in the same patient, and often confer increased risk for
each other, especially in the geriatric population.
3. In reviewing changes in the older adult, the nurse recognizes that
which of the following statements related to cognitive functioning in
the older client is true?
C. Reversible systemic disorders are often implicated as a cause of
,delirium. -VERIFIED SOLUTION- C
Rationale: Delirium is a potentially reversible cognitive impairment that is
often due to a physiological cause such as an electrolyte imbalance,
cerebral anoxia, hypoglycemia, medications, tumors, cerebrovascular
infection, or hemorrhage.
4. For what purpose would the nurse use the Mini-Mental State Examination
, to evaluate a patient with cognitive impairment?
THE OLDER ADULT (RLE)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+ |
LATEST VERSION
SESSION #9: SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT
1. When administering a mental status examination to a patient with
delirium, the nurse should:
B. Choose a place without distracting environmental
stimuli. -VERIFIED SOLUTION- B
Rationale: Because overstimulation by environmental factors can distract
the patient from the task of answering the nurse's questions, these stimuli
should be avoided. The nurse will not wait to give the examination because
action to correct the delirium should occur as soon as possible. Reorienting
the patient is not appropriate during the examination. Anti-anxiety
medications may increase the patient's delirium.
2. The three common conditions affecting cognition in the older
adults are: C. Delirium, Depression, Dementia
-VERIFIED SOLUTION- C
Rationale: The three Ds of geriatric psychiatry- delirium, dementia, and
depression are common and challenging diagnoses among elderly, affecting
cognition in the older adults. Delirium is often difficult to diagnose and is an
independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality in older adults. Dementia
also affects a significant number of older adults and is associated with
delirium, depression, frailty, and failure to thrive. It is well known that
depression too increases with increasing age. These three syndromes can
exist simultaneously in the same patient, and often confer increased risk for
each other, especially in the geriatric population.
3. In reviewing changes in the older adult, the nurse recognizes that
which of the following statements related to cognitive functioning in
the older client is true?
C. Reversible systemic disorders are often implicated as a cause of
,delirium. -VERIFIED SOLUTION- C
Rationale: Delirium is a potentially reversible cognitive impairment that is
often due to a physiological cause such as an electrolyte imbalance,
cerebral anoxia, hypoglycemia, medications, tumors, cerebrovascular
infection, or hemorrhage.
4. For what purpose would the nurse use the Mini-Mental State Examination
, to evaluate a patient with cognitive impairment?
