A Client with Alzheimer's Disease Has Been Hospitalized for Dehydration

question 18

Multiple Choice

A client with Alzheimer's disease has been hospitalized for dehydration.In making an assessment,the nurse notes the presence of a cluster of bruises on the client's buttocks.What is the nurse's priority action?

• A) Call the local police to report a crime.
• B) Notify the client's physician and social worker.
• C) Confront the client's caregiver with the suspicions.
• D) Alert security to prevent visits by the client's caregiver.

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Definitions:

Alternative Solutions

Alternative solutions are different options or strategies considered in problem-solving or decision-making processes to achieve desired outcomes.

Framing Error

A cognitive bias where information is interpreted and acted upon based on how it is presented rather than its objective content.

Confirmation Error

The tendency to seek, interpret, and remember information that confirms one's preconceptions or hypotheses, overlooking contradictory evidence.

Availability Bias

A cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the likelihood of events based on their recall of immediate examples.