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An 80-Year-Old Client with Visual and Hearing Deficits Is Admitted

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An 80-year-old client with visual and hearing deficits is admitted for hip replacement surgery.The client has begun to show mild confusion especially regarding the ability to recognize hospital staff and as a result has become resistant to care and treatment.To best minimize this problem, the nurse initially edits the client's care plan to include:


A) frequent reorientation to people in the client's environment.
B) putting on the client's glasses and hearing aid as a part of ADLs.
C) assigning the same staff to provide client care whenever possible.
D) minimizing the number of off-unit trips for the client.

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