Title: Describe the common pathological changes of aging.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Examining the Nursing Process for the Geriatric Client

Description should include

- health problems related to body systems
- acute illnesses and health emergencies
- safety precautions.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What health-promotion measures are commonly used with geriatric clients who have chronic-body-system related health problems, such as arthritis, glaucoma, Alzheimer's, and organic brain syndrome?
- How would one describe the incidence of, assessment of, nursing interventions for, and prevention of common acute illnesses and health emergencies experienced by the geriatric client?
- What are specific safety precautions to apply to the aging client?
- What is the differentiation between delirium and dementia?