Not sure what medications you learned this week. but, psychiatric medications are not used with patients with dementia because it advances their deterioration.
alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia in which plaques and tangles develop in the patient’s brain, which deteriorates the brain. it is only definitively diagnosable during autopsy.
it is important to have an understanding of medications to know what actually helps patients with alzheimer’s, and what will not further progress the disease.
The essential elements that the tool should assess on the patient will be:
b) High-risk medications
d) Symptoms of dizziness
e) Altered elimination
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It should be noted that the older adult patient has been admitted for a hip fracture and the nurse is assessing fall risk with a fall risk tool
In this case, the tool should assess High-risk medications, symptoms of dizziness and altered elimination.
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An older adult patient has been admitted for a hip fracture. The nurse is assessing fall risk with a fall risk tool. What essential elements should the tool assess? (Select all that apply.)
a) Mental and emotional status
b) High-risk medications
c) Nutritional status
d) Symptoms of dizziness
e) Altered elimination
Answer:
Otitis media is generally caused by dysfunction of the Eustachian tube, which can be due to Pharyngitis.
Explanation:
The otitis media is an infection or inflammation of the middle ear and is mostly caused by the inflammation of the mucous membranes in the nasopharynx leading to dysfunction of the Eustachian tube. This can be caused due to a upper respiratory tract viral infection or streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) or due to some allergy.
Pharyngitis or sore throat is a type of inflammation caused by upper respiratory tract viral infection.
Therefore, Otitis media can be caused by Pharyngitis and thus it is associated with it.
