Exam 12: Safety

A cognitively impaired older adult client is a resident at a skilled nursing facility.Because no family is available to voice choices regarding the client's care, the nurse acting as the client's advocate will consistently address the client's risk for injury issues based on:

An older client diagnosed with dementia has begun behaviors that put her at risk for falling.The client's son tells the nurse that "physical restraints may be used to keep her safe." The nurse responds that:

When appropriately addressing safety issues, the geriatric nurse plans the client's care plan directed by the standard of care that requires:

When assessing an older adult for intrinsic risk factors that increase the risk for falls, the nurse is particularly interested in which of the following? Select all that apply.

The nurse identifies the older adult client at the greatest risk for a fall-related injury as the:

An older adult has been diagnosed with a sinus infection.In order to best minimize the client's risk for a fall-related injury, the nurse teaches her:

A 73-year-old client is diagnosed with bilateral osteoarthritis of the knees.To best address the long-term risk for falls, the nurse encourages the client to:

The geriatric nurse bases the decision to identify a specific client as a falls risk primarily on the:

Which nursing intervention best demonstrates the understanding that older adults are at increased risk for falls because of normal age-related changes?

The geriatric nurse recognizes that the most effective intervention to minimize the potential of a fall injury for a 79-year-old client who is being discharged to home after hip replacement surgery is to:

An older adult's risk for fall related injury is directly correlated to their ability to regain their balance.In order to evaluate this ability, the nurse assesses the client's:

An older adult has been diagnosed with presbyopia.In order to help minimize the client's risk for falls, the nurse suggests: