Parkinsons Disease And Nursing Review

Running head: NURSING 1
Nursing Questions
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Institution

NURSING 2
Sensory Health (Hutchison, Covan & Bogus, 2012), (Wright, Tawfik, Waisbourd &
Katz, 2016)
1. Presbycusis initially starts with the loss of high frequency sounds accompanied
with an inability to distinguish some sounds.
2. Ms. Gudski could be experiencing blurred vision in both her eyes.
3. Glaucoma is characterized by vision disturbances and damage of the optic
nerve.
Nutrition, Hydration, and Oral Health (Chernoff, 2016)
4. Overall, older people do not need to consume as many calories as when they
were younger.
5. Under-nutrition in older people is mainly due to eating food that does not contain
enough proteins.
6. Adverse effects from medication and less effective hepatic cells accompanied
with a reduced taste and alteration in the absorption of some nutrients are some
of the age-related gastrointestinal tract changes.
7. Thirst sensation reduces with age implying that older people experience thirst
differently to younger adults thus putting them at an increased risk of
dehydration.
8. BMI of 22 is not a clinical indication of malnutrition in older people.
9. Cognitive impairment is not an adverse outcome of poor oral health.
10. Normal BMI for an older person is between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m2.
11. Decreased insulin sensitivity increases the risk of type 2 diabetes in older people.