NURS 601 Exam Updated and Verified with Grade A+ Answers
What are geriatric syndromes? ANSWER- Clinical conditions in older adults that do not fit into specific disease categories What evidence-based practice is used to detect fratility and geriatric syndromes? ANSWER- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) 5 common conditions of older adults ANSWER- pressure ulcers, incontinence, falls, functional decline, delirium Newly classified syndromes of the older adult ANSWER- malnutrition, sleeping/eating/feeding problems Evolving syndromes of the older adult ANSWER- Sarcopenia, polypharmacy, pain, frailty, polypharmacy What are shared risk factors for geriatric syndromes? ANSWER- 1. older age 2. baseline cognitive impairment 3. baseline functional impairment 4. impaired mobility
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