An 84-year-old woman complains of nausea and vomiting for the past 3 days. She is at high risk for delirium. Which of the following interventions may prevent the onset of delirium?

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An 84-year-old woman complains of nausea and vomiting for the past 3 days. She is at high risk for delirium. Which of the following interventions may prevent the onset of delirium?

A. Early mobilization B. Ensuring 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep per night C. Treating volume depletion D. Treating anxiety with lorazepam

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

Which of these clinical vignettes are not part of the Fried frailty paradigms?

A. Mrs. P has a caregiver comb her hair now because of inability to hold her arm up long enough to brush it herself. B. Mr. J has just been diagnosed with congestive heart failure after a recent admission to the hospital for a myocardial infarction. C. Mr. K has been losing weight for the last year despite family support of bringing food and negative workup for a more insidious cause. D. Mrs. T tells you she spends the majority of her time in her chair and only walks to the bathroom now because she gets too fatigued for minor home care tasks.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

Which of the following statements regarding programs to increase daytime engagement in persons with dementia is true?

A. Daytime exercise programs are contraindicated in this population because of high risk of fall and fracture. B. Daytime programs are designed to maintain client wakefulness, and as such can cover a broad range of topics, including music, art, exercise, dance, and cognitive tasks (puzzles, etc.), and should be designed with patient cognitive and physical status, cultural beliefs, social support, and available staffing in mind. C. Daytime programs that lack a physical exertion component do not contribute to physiologic need for sleep, and are thus less effective than programs that require client physical exertion. D. Daytime programs must include moderate to rigorous intensity physical exercise (3–6 mets) to generate an appropriate sleep deficit in nursing home residents.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 4 of 5

Key neurotransmitter-based therapeutic strategies for PD include all the following except:

A. Increase glutamatergic stimulation B. Decrease cholinergic stimulation C. Increase dopaminergic stimulation D. Decrease glutamatergic stimulation

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

Of the following conditions, which one is most common and most often preventable?

A. Falls B. Frailty C. Cognitive impairment D. Iatrogenic disease

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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