The Nurse's Initial Action for a Patient with Moderate Dementia

question 16

Multiple Choice

The nurse's initial action for a patient with moderate dementia who develops increased restlessness and agitation should be to

• A)reorient the patient to time, place, and person.
• B)administer a PRN dose of lorazepam (Ativan).
• C)assess for factors that might be causing discomfort.
• D)assign unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to stay in the patient's room.

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Definitions:

Positive Correlation

A relationship between two variables where they move in the same direction, meaning when one variable increases, the other also increases, and vice versa.

Slope

In mathematics, the measure of the steepness or incline of a line, often calculated as the ratio between the change in the y-value to the change in the x-value.

Horizontal Line

In geometry and graphing, a straight line that runs left to right (parallel to the x-axis) and has a slope of zero, indicating no change in the y-value across different points on the line.

Upward-sloping Line

A graphical representation often used to show a positive relationship between two variables on a graph, indicating that as one variable increases, the other does as well.