A nurse who works in a long-term care facility has noticed that one of the residents has been showing signs of impaired cognitive and self-care abilities over the last 2 weeks.The nurse should

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The nurse should investigate for possible physiologic problems that could be causing the resident's impaired cognitive and self-care abilities. Memory loss is not a normal, age-related change and simply instructing the staff to be extra attentive may not be enough to address the underlying problem. It is premature to inform the resident's family that the resident probably has some form of dementia without first ruling out other possible causes.

A Nurse Who Works in a Long-Term Care Facility Has