You Are the Clinic Nurse Doing Assessments on Your Clients

question 4

Multiple Choice

You are the clinic nurse doing assessments on your clients before they have outpatient diagnostic testing done. What would you document when assessing the client's pulse?

• A) Rate, quality, and rhythm
• B) Pressure, rate, and rhythm
• C) Rate, rhythm, and volume
• D) Quality, volume, and rate

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Definitions:

Major Neurocognitive Disorder

A condition characterized by significant cognitive decline from a previous level of performance, often affecting memory, attention, and decision-making skills.

Senility

The condition of experiencing cognitive decline associated with old age, often marked by memory loss, confusion, and impaired judgement.

Dementia

A category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember, significantly affecting an individual's daily functioning.

Sensory Losses

The partial or total loss of one or more of the senses, such as hearing, sight, taste, touch, and smell.