During a Home Visit, the Nurse Learns That an Older

question 9

Multiple Choice

During a home visit, the nurse learns that an older patient with hypertension takes prescribed medications only when feeling tense. What instruction should the nurse provide to the patient?

• A) Contact the physician for a change in blood pressure medication.
• B) Continue to administer the blood pressure medication as needed.
• C) Teach to take the blood pressure medication as prescribed regardless of feeling tense.
• D) Instruct to take a double dose of the medication for one day then resume the normal schedule.

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Definitions:

Short-term Memory

A cognitive function that temporarily stores and manages information required for immediate tasks and activities.

Anterograde Amnesia

A condition where a person loses the ability to form new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leaving the capacity for recalling events prior to the event intact.

Retrograde Amnesia

A type of amnesia where an individual loses pre-existing memories to a certain event, but does not affect new memories.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an injury or the onset of a disease.