Exam 40: Common Physical Care Problems of the Older Adult

The nurse recognizes that of all the interventions to assist a dysphagic patient to eat safely, the most significant to preventing aspiration is to:

The nurse uses the behavioral technique of habit voiding with a confused older adult patient to reduce the frequency of urinary incontinence. This means the:

The nurse documents the report of painful intercourse as __________.

An older adult patient in a skilled nursing facility tells the nurse that he has controlled his incontinence with the herbal remedies of:

The nurse takes into consideration that of all the physical changes that the older adult experiences, the most common cause of most problems is that of:

The nurse lists the most common causes of polypharmacy as: (Select all that apply.)

While discussing ways to increase exercise with an older adult patient with no musculoskeletal disorders, the nurse should encourage the patient to consider walking at a frequency of: