Multiple Choice
When assessing an older patient displaying symptoms of delirium,the nurse focuses the assessment on
A) the degree and duration of the symptoms.
B) the amount of self-care deficiency the symptoms cause.
C) identifying processes that commonly result in the symptoms.
D) physiologic dysfunction resulting from the symptoms.
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