When Appropriately Addressing Safety Issues, the Geriatric Nurse Plans the Client's

question 3

Multiple Choice

When appropriately addressing safety issues, the geriatric nurse plans the client's care plan directed by the standard of care that requires:

• A)promotion of both health and wellness by assuring safety.
• B)minimizing the client's risk for physical injury while preserving autonomy.
• C)identification of safety from injury as a client right.
• D)emphasizing beneficence as a an ethical standard of nursing care.

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Definitions:

Conduction Deafness

Hearing loss that occurs when sound waves cannot be efficiently conducted through the outer ear canal to the eardrum and the tiny bones of the middle ear.

Eardrum

A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and vibrates in response to sound waves, enabling hearing.

Basilar Membrane

The basilar membrane is a critical component of the inner ear, situated within the cochlea; it plays a substantial role in the mechanical analysis of sound waves for hearing.

Cochlea

A spiral-shaped cavity in the inner ear, containing the organ responsible for converting sound waves into nerve signals perceived as sound by the brain.