The nurse is assisting a 65-year-old female client with planning an exercise program to prevent osteoporosis. The nurse shows an understanding of appropriate exercise when stating: "Do you have a friend who would walk with you for 30 to 60 minutes?" An older adult client has been casted for fractured left wrist.
An older adult client has rheumatoid arthritis, which limits her manual dexterity and ability to perform breast self-examinations. In order to best address the client's need for breast health promotion, the nurse teaches the client to: use the palm of her hand to perform monthly breast examinations.
The nurse caring for an older adult prescribed corticosteroids for asthma educates the client that the medication is safe and well tolerated when: used exactly as prescribed. The nurse caring for an older adult with type 2 diabetes mellitus places importance on assessing the client for: skin temperature and hair growth pattern on the legs.
An 80-year-old client exhibiting signs of dementia representative of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The nurse supports that possibility when determining that the client: has a history of viral encephalitis. When planning care for the older adult with advanced dementia, the nurse recognizes that the best way to implement reality orientation is to:
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What to Do Instead. 1. Hit the ground. “That thing at your feet, called the ground, is the most important thing to deal with when you train a geriatric population,” John says. The reason is simple: The older you get, the bigger the risk of falling, and the more catastrophic the consequences.
The most obvious advice for training older clients is to avoid three categories of exercises: Things that create new injuries, aches, or pains. Things that exacerbate existing injuries, aches, or pains. Things that wouldn’t normally create problems unless you do them too heavy or too fast, in which case, see #1 and #2.
Athlete and strength coach Dan John has a simple answer to the question: 56.
One by one, I realized my aging body could no longer tolerate the most popular barbell exercises: bent-over rows, bench presses, shoulder presses, power cleans, front and back squats, and finally deadlifts.
His point isn’t that you should avoid interval training; it’s still hugely beneficial for older trainees. But you should adjust your expectations for how hard to push them.
Still, it would be utterly insane not to make concessions to your clients’ advancing age. It’s a lesson I learned the hard way several times over.
The nurse best assures an accurate history by first: directing the questions to both client and family. A nurse caring for an older client diagnosed with acute depression shows an understanding of the client's risk for developing delirium when: physically being present to help the client with eating meals.
To educate clients on health promotion measures to minimize the effect of normal age-related changes in immunity, the geriatric nurse: stresses the importance of maintaining intact skin and mucous membranes. An older adult client who is generally in good health starts experiencing numerous colds and now pneumonia.
develop withdrawal symptoms 48 to 72 hours after her last intake of alcohol. Since diagnosing substance abuse in the older adult client can be difficult because symptoms can be subtle and atypical, the nurse is particular interested in determining the cause of a client's: extensive history of falls.
The nurse is confident that the client has progressed appropriately through the mourning process when she: plans a summer vacation with friends from work. The nurse evaluates how an older adult client will react to the death of a spouse based on how he: :reacted when his beloved dog was sent to live with his son.
An older adult client has rheumatoid arthritis, which limits her manual dexterity and ability to perform breast self-examinations. In order to best address the client's need for breast health promotion, the nurse teaches the client to:
A novice hospice nurse shows the best understanding of the nursing role related to an older adult client's mourning over the loss of her son when stating:
Gene therapy involves the injection of a virus that makes the cancer cells incapable of reproducing. The nurse observes a suspicious mole on the back of an older adult who is undergoing palliative radiotherapy for brain metastasis. The nurse suspects that the mole: will not be screened. 10.