Health Promotion and Maintenance Q 64

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Nurse Derek is supervising a group of elderly clients in a residential home setting. The nurse knows that the elderly are at greater risk of developing sensory deprivation for what reason?

  

     A. Increased sensitivity to the side effects of medications.

     B. Decreased visual, auditory, and gustatory abilities.

     C. Isolation from their families and familiar surroundings.

     D. Decrease musculoskeletal function and mobility.

    

    

Correct Answer: B. Decreased visual, auditory, and gustatory abilities.

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Gradual loss of sight, hearing, and taste interferes with normal functioning.

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Option A: The side effects of medications do not usually affect the senses in the elderly.

Option C: Isolation is not the reason for developing sensory deprivation.

Option D: Decrease in mobility and functioning does not cause sensory deprivation.

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