An Older Patient Has Fallen and Suffered a Hip Fracture

question 9

Multiple Choice

An older patient has fallen and suffered a hip fracture. As a consequence, the patient's family is concerned about the patient's ability to care for self, especially during this convalescence. What should the nurse do?

• A) Stress that older patients usually ask for help when needed.
• B) Inform the family that placement in a nursing center is a permanent solution.
• C) Tell the family to enroll the patient in a ceramics class to maintain quality of life.
• D) Provide information and answer questions as family members make choices among care options.

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Definitions:

Q-T Interval

A measure of the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave in the heart's electrical cycle, representing the period from the start of ventricular depolarization to the end of ventricular repolarization.

ECG

Electrocardiography, a medical test that records the electrical activity of the heart to check for different heart conditions.

P-R Interval

The P-R interval indicates the time measurement from the start of the atrial depolarization to the beginning of ventricular depolarization on an electrocardiogram (ECG).

R-R Interval

The time interval between two consecutive R-waves in an electrocardiogram (ECG), representing one cardiac cycle.