Title: Perform skills and procedures related to the care of the geriatric client.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Examining the Nursing Process for the Geriatric Client

Performance should include

- Following procedures related to a client's personal belongings
- Providing assistance with daily activities
- preventing complications
- providing a full assessment
- following procedures related to elimination
- monitoring of vital signs
- assessing fluids and electrolyte imbalances
- displaying techniques of client self-care
- promoting a safe environment.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the procedures related to the care of the client's personal belongings, including eyeglasses, hearing aids, clothing, dentures, money, and jewelry? How might they differ from a client of any other age group?
- What are considerations for assisting the geriatric client with activities of daily living, such as hygiene, nutrition, grooming, and dressing?
- What are examples of nursing interventions to prevent complications from immobility, such as decubiti, pneumonia, and contractions?
- How would one assess the geriatric client for changes in fluid and electrolyte imbalance?
- What are the nursing skills and procedures to assist the geriatric client with effective gas exchange, such as use of oxygen equipment; positioning; pulse oximetry; turn, cough, deep breathe, and suctioning (TCDB)?
- How can one assist the geriatric client to maintain a safe environment?
- What are special considerations needed when assessing a geriatric client?