Question

An older adult client enjoys good overall health, but has just been diagnosed with pneumonia and has begun receiving an intravenous (IV) antibiotic. Shortly after being administered the first dose, the client pulled out his IV line and is now attempting to scale his bed rails. Which of the following phenomena most likely underlies this change in the client's cognition

Answer 1

The provided question is incomplete as there is no required options are available, however the option are as follows:

1. Dementia

2. Depression

3. Disorientation

4. Delirium

Answer:

The correct answer is delirium.

Explanation:

Delirium is alteration of the part of the brain that result in temporary effects in the brain such as mental confusion or emotional disturbance in brain. This case can be arise by the new effect of the drug or interaction of the drug to the brain.

In this case one can experience lack of paying attention, loosing temporary memory and many other condition.

Thus, the correct answer is - delirium.

Answer 2

The given question is not complete. The complete question is:

An older adult client enjoys good overall health, but has just been diagnosed with pneumonia and has begun receiving an intravenous (IV) antibiotic. Shortly after being administered the first dose, the client pulled out his IV line and is now attempting to scale his bed rails. Which of the following phenomena most likely underlies this change in the client's cognition?

Dementia

Depression

Disorientation

Delirium

Answer:

The correct answer is delirium.

Explanation:

A temporary condition in which a person gets confused, which also gets augmented by the effects of certain new drugs or one can say drug interactions is known as delirium. It is a sudden variation witnessed in the brain, which leads to emotional disorientation and mental confusion. The condition makes one lose the tendency to sleep, think, pay attention, remember, and more.  

Some of the diseases like pneumonia that results in infection and swelling may interfere with the functions of the brain. Thus, in the given case, as the patient suffering from pneumonia is attempting to scale his bed rails indicates that he is suffering from delirium, which has augmented due to pneumonia and because of the introduction of the new drugs used for treating the condition.