Nurse Jessie should include all of the following information in a teaching plan for elders with altered immune responses except:
a. Let me go over some ways to manage stress
b. It is normal for seniors to run a low grade temperature
c. It is important to eat a balanced diet
d. If your arthritis starts bothering you, we can give you something for pain.
Answer B. Elders tend to have masked signs of inflammation and infection and may not respond to them with as high a temperature or white blood count as a middle age person would. Therefore, nurses need to observe carefully for masked signs of infection and encourage the elder clients to contact their doctor even if they have a low grade temperature.
a. Let me go over some ways to manage stress
b. It is normal for seniors to run a low grade temperature
c. It is important to eat a balanced diet
d. If your arthritis starts bothering you, we can give you something for pain.
Answer B. Elders tend to have masked signs of inflammation and infection and may not respond to them with as high a temperature or white blood count as a middle age person would. Therefore, nurses need to observe carefully for masked signs of infection and encourage the elder clients to contact their doctor even if they have a low grade temperature.