NURS 6540 Advanced Care of Frail Elderly (NURS6540)

NURS 6540 Quiz 11 2023 – Questions & Answers. A useful scale for staging individuals with dementia and determining the possible need for palliative care is a . The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) b . The Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) c . The Reisberg Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) scale d . The Mini-Cog™ Screen for dementia Significant depression and a desire to hasten death in a terminally ill older adult are a . A normal consequence of aging and illness b . A re...

NURS 6540 Week 1 Exam All Correct Latest 2023. What is the maximum number of doses of PPSV23 that can be given to high-risk older adults 65 or older? You have an 89-year-old patient on hospice care in a long-term care facility. The protocol is for flu vaccine to be given to all patients each fall. Would you vaccinate? Why, or why not? In older patients about to receive a solid organ transplant, which immunization would you withhold and for what reason? When would the influenza vaccine be a...

NURS 6540 Week 1 Exam All Correct Latest 2023. What is the maximum number of doses of PPSV23 that can be given to high-risk older adults 65 or older? You have an 89-year-old patient on hospice care in a long-term care facility. The protocol is for flu vaccine to be given to all patients each fall. Would you vaccinate? Why, or why not? In older patients about to receive a solid organ transplant, which immunization would you withhold and for what reason? When would the influenza vaccine be a...

NURS 6540 Quiz 11 2023 – Questions & Answers. A useful scale for staging individuals with dementia and determining the possible need for palliative care is a . The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) b . The Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) c . The Reisberg Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) scale d . The Mini-Cog™ Screen for dementia Significant depression and a desire to hasten death in a terminally ill older adult are a . A normal consequence of aging and illness b . A re...

NURS 6540 Week 7 Quiz - Question and Answers

NURS 6540 Advanced Care of Frail Elderly Week 2 Discussion Post – Assessment Tools Case Study #3 Mrs. Roberts, an 83-year-old widow, is brought to the office by her daughter. The daughter claims that her mother seems to be depressed. There is a history of depression approximately five years ago, shortly after Mrs. Roberts’ husband died. At that time, she was successfully treated with antidepressants. Currently, the daughter states that her mother’s memory for appointments and events...