After assessing the older client in his bed, the nurse determines that he is at high risk for falls. The nurse leaves the room to get a fall risk sign and returns to find him on the floor pleading for help. Which of the following was the most important intervention the nurse should have implemented to prevent this event?

Hypothermia is a medical emergency defined as a core temperature less than 95°F. Which of the following tips to prevent hypothermia should you tell your elderly client? (Select all that apply.)

Across the country, temperatures are in the high nineties to low hundreds Fahrenheit and your client has no air conditioning. You know that due to the elevated temperatures, hyperthermia can result. Which of the following tips to prevent hyperthermia should you tell your elderly client? (Select all that apply.)

Which one of the following is connected with the nursing home reform mandated by a 1987 law?

An older client is admitted to the hospital for treatment of pneumonia. The client has a court appointed conservator who manages her finances. The nurse understands what fact about the situation?

An older adult client who was a veteran of World War II has just died. His widowed wife did not work and does not have sufficient funds to afford supplemental Medicare insurance. You would recommend which one of the following?

When assessing your client who has a history of falls, you should pay particular attention to which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse admitting and orienting an older adult to the hospital unit discusses fall prevention and demonstrates the use of the call bell to the patient. The patient's daughter asks: "Why don't you just put up all the side rails to prevent my mother from getting out of bed by herself and falling. That should work, right?" What is the nurse's best response?

An older adult client who is cognitively intact and has decision-making capacity makes a decision to stop chemotherapy for breast cancer after being told of further spread of the cancer. The client's daughter is upset at her parent's decision an approaches the nurse and states: "I don't agree with the decision to stop treatments, I am my parent's health care proxy, I want to override that decision." What is the best response by the nurse?

After assessing the older client in his bed, the nurse determines that he is at high risk for falls. The nurse leaves the room to get a fall risk sign and returns to find him on the floor pleading for help. Which of the following was the most important intervention the nurse should have implemented to prevent this event?

Which of the following assessments should be included in a post fall prevention assessment of an older adult? (Select all that apply.)