A Client with Long-Standing Dementia Is Sent to the Emergency

question 21

Multiple Choice

A client with long-standing dementia is sent to the emergency department from the nursing home in which the client resides. The report from the nursing staff states that the client is complaining of vague pain in the buttocks but seems to be ambulating without problems. The family requested the transfer. The emergency department nurse would suspect

• A) an overprotective family.
• B) arthritis pain the client cannot articulate.
• C) possible hip fracture.
• D) worsening dementia.

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