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Nursing care of the older adult

weekly lecture notes from nursing care of older adult. Helps with the quizzes
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Nursing Care of Older Adult (NUR 2214)

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Sundowner

syndrome

will occur alongside some form of dementia such as alzheimers disease

Orthostatic hypotension

common in older adults and is a sudden drop in blood pressure when changing positions

####### cognitive deficits

are a major

barrier to

an accurate

assessment Mini Mental state Examination MMS E test that is used to measure cognitive ability

Sleep problems

Problems

swallowing

In

content of

bowel bladder

confusion

E evidence of falls

Skin breakdown

M F

only

one form

of

communication

should be

used

when

communicating

with the

patient

False

important

to

get

both

subjective

and objective

data during

an assessment

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Nursing care of the older adult

Course: Nursing Care of Older Adult (NUR 2214)

274 Documents
Students shared 274 documents in this course
Was this document helpful?
Sundowner syndrome will
occur alongside some form of dementia
such as alzheimers disease
Orthostatic hypotension common in
older adults and is asudden drop in
blood pressure when changing positions
cognitive deficits are amajor
barrier to an accurate assessment
Mini Mental state Examination
MMS E
test that is used to measure
cognitive ability