Question

The nurse asks an older female client with cognitive impairment who has been hospitalized for three days who her previous evening was. the client replies, "i had the best time. my husband took me out to dinner and then to a concert. the music was wonderful." which term should the nurse document to best describe the client's response

Answer 1

The nurse should document the response of the client as confabulation. It is because confabulation is the process of which an individual has the ability to remember but it still provides gaps in which disturbs the memory. It could provide a memory but it does not give the whole story of what happened due to memory disturbances.