To Improve Positive Outcomes When Prescribing for the Elderly the Nurse

question 4

Multiple Choice

To improve positive outcomes when prescribing for the elderly the nurse practitioner should:

• A)Assess cognitive functioning in the elder.
• B)Encourage the patient to take a weekly "drug holiday" to keep drug costs down.
• C)Encourage the patient to cut drugs in half with a knife to lower costs.
• D)All of the above

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Definitions:

Executive Control System

A cognitive system that manages higher-order brain functions, including problem-solving, planning, memory, and attention regulation.

Working Memory

The part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.

Monitor

A device or individual that observes, checks, and keeps a continuous record of a process or situation.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, it allows the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.