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TOP: N/A MSC: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. When attempting to minimize the effect of ageism on the practice of nursing older adults, a nu
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rsing attendant needs to first:
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a. recognize that nursing attendants must act as advocates for aging hospital patients.
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b. accept that this population represents a substantial portion of those requiring nursing care.
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c. self-reflect and formulate one’s personal view of aging and the older hospital patient.
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d. recognize ageism as a form of bigotry shared by man QC QC QC QC QC QC QC QC QC
y Americans.
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increasing prejudicial view of the effects of the aging process and of the older population as a whole.
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With nursing attendants being members of a society holding such views, it is critical that the indivi
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dual nursing attendant self-
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reflect on personal feelings and determine whether such feelings will affect the nursing care that he
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or she provides to the aging hospital patient. Acting as an advocate is an important nursing role in a
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ll settings. Simply accepting a fact does not help end ageism, nor does recognizing ageism as a for
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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4. Based on current data, when presenting an older adult’s discharge teaching plan, the nursing attenda
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nt includes the hospital patient’s:
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Reasoning:-
>>>Less than 4% of older adults live in a formal primary care environment. The majority of the geri
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atric population lives at home or with family members.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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5. The nursing attendant planning care for an older adult who has recently been diagnosed w
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ith rheumatoid arthritis views the priority criterion for continued independence to be the ho
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c. gender.
d. functional
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frailty and cognitive impairment, two conditions that increase the likelihood of institutionalization.
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