An Older Patient Is Being Assessed by the Nurse

question 15

Multiple Choice

An older patient is being assessed by the nurse.Which finding does the nurse consider abnormal when assessing the patient's risk for fall?

• A) Use of an assistive device
• B) Wearing glasses
• C) Failure of the Get Up and Go test
• D) Negative Romberg's test

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Definitions:

Universal Instantiation (UI)

A principle in logic stating that what is true of everything in a particular class must also be true of any specific member of that class.

Simplification (Simp)

The process of making something less complicated or easier to understand.

Disjunctive Addition (Add)

A rule in propositional logic that allows the introduction of an additional disjunct to an existing disjunction.

Double Negation (DN)

A rule of equivalence in propositional logic permitting the following substitution: p :: ~~p.