A Client Is Diagnosed in Stage 7 of Alzheimer's Disease

question 16

Multiple Choice

A client is diagnosed in stage 7 of Alzheimer's disease (AD) . To address the client's symptoms, which nursing intervention should take priority?

• A) Improve cognitive status by encouraging involvement in social activities.
• B) Decrease social isolation by providing group therapies.
• C) Promote dignity by providing comfort, safety, and self-care measures.
• D) Facilitate communication by providing assistive devices.

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Definitions:

MMPI-2

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, a psychological assessment that evaluates personality traits and psychopathology.

16PF

A psychological assessment tool consisting of 16 personality factors, used to understand an individual's personality traits.

Reality Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that represents the ability of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it accordingly, balancing with the pleasure principle.

Basic Anxiety

Anxiety created when a child is born into the bigger and more powerful world of older children and adults.