Practice Question
Components to a cognitive assessment include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Comprehensive assessment
Rationale:
♦ Comprehensive assessment evaluates mental status, mood, memory, language, and cognition.
♦ Atypical illness presentation is common in older adults with cognitive decline.
♦ Delirium, dementia, and depression must be differentiated due to overlapping symptoms.
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Answer Choices:
A. Assist with obtaining informed consent from the client.
B. Refer to the client's advance directive for a name.
C. Determine the client's inability to make reasonable decisions.
D. Use the oral trail-making test to measure cognitive function.
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A. Transportation can be a critical factor in nutritional insufficiency in older adults.
B. Soul food is a concern primarily for the African-American culture.
C. No government programs promote congregate dining among older adults.
D. The older person should be encouraged to practice strict controls on cholesterol intake to ensure protection against heart disease
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Answer Choices:
A. Because a conservatorship is the least restrictive alternative, a court hearing is not required
B. The most legally restricting way individuals and property can be handled are through conservatorships and guardianships.
C. A conservatorship entails control over property, whereas a guardianship entails control over the person.
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Answer Choices:
A. Pointing to a grimacing face or crying
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C. Aggression
D. Agitation
E. Increased confusion
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Answer Choices:
A. Participants in Pace programs must be able to perform their own ADLs Independently.
B. Participants in Pace programs must have been residents in a nursing home prior to enrollment in the Pace program.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Adult Health
- Answer Choices: 4