An 80-Year-Old Man Has No Chronic Diseases and Is Alert

question 4

Multiple Choice

An 80-year-old man has no chronic diseases and is alert, oriented, and physically active. Which of the following nursing diagnoses is likely to be present as a result of the normal aging process?

• A) Poisoning, risk for, related to the many medications an older person must take.
• B) Suffocation, risk for, related to declining respiratory function.
• C) Hopelessness, related to recognition of the end of life drawing near.
• D) Constipation, related to slowed peristalsis.

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