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The Nurse Is Assessing an Older Adult Client Recently Diagnosed

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The nurse is assessing an older adult client recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer. What information is important for the nurse to ask for when completing the geriatric assessment?


Definitions:

Interactional Synchrony

The coordination of micro-level behaviors and emotional states between individuals, often observed in close relationships like parent-infant.

Basal Ganglia

A group of structures linked to the thalamus in the base of the brain and involved in coordination of movement.

Cerebellum

A part of the brain located at the back of the skull, essential for coordinating voluntary movements, balance, and posture.

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