Exam 31: Functional Assessment of the Older Adult

An 85-year-old man has been hospitalized after a fall at home,and his 86-year-old wife is at his bedside.She tells the nurse that she is his primary caregiver.The nurse should assess the caregiver for signs of possible caregiver burnout,such as:

The nurse is assessing the forms of support an older patient has before she is discharged.Which of the following illustrates an informal source of support?

During a morning assessment,the nurse notices that an older patient is less attentive and is unable to recall yesterday's events.The nurse administers the Confusion Assessment Method,which will screen for:

Which of the following questions would be most appropriate for the nurse to ask when beginning to assess a person's spirituality?

The nurse is preparing to perform a functional assessment of an older patient and knows that a good approach would be to:

The nurse is assessing the abilities of an older adult.Which of the following activities are considered IADLs? (Select all that apply. )

Which of the following tests is recommended as the most valid and reliable for assessing the physical performance of the older adult?

Which of the following statements about the Lawton IADLs instrument is true?

When using the various instruments to assess an older person's ADLs,the nurse needs to remember that a disadvantage of these instruments includes:

Which definition correctly describes a person's functional ability?

During an assessment of a newly admitted 92-year-old woman,the nurse notes that her son does not want to leave the room.The woman has signs of old bruises and healed cuts that happened "last week," according to the son.Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate?

Which of the following statements regarding common environmental hazards is most appropriate for the nurse to make during a functional assessment of an older person's home environment?

Which of the following is true in relation to ADLs and IADLs instruments?

The nurse is assessing an older adult's advanced ADLs (AADLs),which would include:

The nurse will choose which of the following tools to assess a patient's ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs)?

The nurse is preparing to assess an older adult and discovers that he is in severe pain.Which of the following statements about pain and the older adult is true?